The electromagnetic spectrum is a range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. From long to short wavelength, the EM spectrum includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultravio… [+4993 chars]
Similarities between formations on Europa and a landform in Greenland suggest Jupiters moon may be able to support life. A study published recently compared long landforms called double ridges on Eu… [+3505 chars]
Scientists at NUI Galway have shown, for the first time, that smaller species of scorpions are more venomous than their larger counterparts. The researchers tested the theory from Indiana Jones whic… [+1858 chars]
Artists concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the Sun. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Is human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit a thing of the past? Will … [+5036 chars]
Could SpaceX be heading to Uranus next? The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine seems to think it should. The organization has released its latest decadal survey of planetary sc… [+1810 chars]
The electromagnetic spectrum is a range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. From long to short wavelength, the EM spectrum includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultravio… [+4993 chars]
Typically, when we talk about NASA, we envision a journey beyond the stars -- but NASA has new projects just for planet Earth. The new projects collected data about our home planet, which is reporte… [+329 chars]
A galaxy is a group of astronomical objects that are bound gravitationally. Think of planets and their natural satellites, comets and asteroids, stars and stellar remnants (such as neutron stars or… [+10274 chars]
Figure 1. Citizen scientist Thomas Thomopoulos created this enhanced-color image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument. At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 44,000 … [+2849 chars]
The sun unleashed a massive solar flare on Wednesday, which has the potential to impact satellite communications and global positioning systems, the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESS… [+1515 chars]
British Columbians can expect to see more northern lights dancing in the skies over the next three years. Bill Murtagh, a space weather forecaster with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr… [+3398 chars]
Measuring the mass of W bosons took 10 years and the result was not what physicists expected. You can do it quickly, you can do it cheaply, or you can do it right. We did it right. These were some o… [+8039 chars]
