China continues working hard to become a leading space power. In another example of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) aiming to rival NASA, the organization announced it aims to alter t… [+2124 chars]
The earliest documented case of an aurora, the fleeting but brilliantly colored lights that sometimes illuminate the night sky, dates to the early 10th century B.C., a new study on an ancient Chinese… [+4324 chars]
Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists studying suspected insect damage in a 60-mi… [+3668 chars]
Hosted by Dr. David Grinspoon Dr. Grinspoon is an astrobiologist. He is currently the Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and was the former inaugural Chair in Astrobiology at the Li… [+24902 chars]
Scientists discovered that post-starburst galaxies condense their gas rather than expelling it, begging the question: whats actually keeping them from forming stars? Post-starburst galaxies have pre… [+4552 chars]
Researchers engaged in animal behaviour studies often rely on hours upon hours of video footage which they manually analyse. Usually, this requires researchers to work their way through recordings sp… [+3641 chars]
Sharing real-time information requires complex networks of systems. A promising approach for speeding up data storage devices consists of switching the magnetization, or the electrons' spin, of magne… [+3690 chars]
The earliest documented case of an aurora, the fleeting but brilliantly colored lights that sometimes illuminate the night sky, dates to the early 10th century B.C., a new study on an ancient Chinese… [+4324 chars]
Of the eight planets in our solar system, Saturn appears to be the only one surrounded by a system of rings. Saturns ring system is what makes it such a popular and beautiful planet. Without rings, S… [+7514 chars]
A protein that allows the fungus which causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultura… [+3553 chars]
Does time exist? The answer to this question may seem obvious: of course it does! Just look at a calendar or a clock. But developments in physics suggest the non-existence of time is an open possibi… [+5071 chars]
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured GAMA 526784, an ultra-diffuse galaxy that resides in the constellation Hydra, roughly four billion light-years from Earth. This image, which comes fro… [+1502 chars]
