NASA is keeping a watchful eye on an asteroid that will make a knee-wobbling close pass of Earth on Thursday. The space rock 2008 AG33 is up to 2,560 feet long, making it twice the size of the Empir… [+2690 chars]
A team of researchers from the Institute of Scientific Instruments working with a colleague from Charles University, both in the Czech Republic, has shown that heat flows more efficiently when the te… [+2537 chars]
image: Noneview more Credit: Chenqiao ZHU, Peng CHEN, Junli YE, Hang LI, Yue HUANG, Xiaoming YANG, Chuanwu CHEN, Chenglei ZHANG, Yuantao XU, Xiaoli WANG, Xiang YAN, Guangzhou DENG, Xiaolin JIANG, N… [+7700 chars]
Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has said that under Vladimir Putin, Russia’s lofty space ambitions, which include a Mars mission and an independent space station, have a “zero percent” chance of su… [+3017 chars]
Studying the remains of the backshell could prove helpful for NASAs next big Mars adventure bringing back rocks and soil from Mars to Earth for more detailed study. That mission, called Mars Sample R… [+1501 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Could key ingredients for life have arrived from space? Scientists say yes A fresh examination of meteorites that landed in the United States,… [+3569 chars]
The FINANCIAL — After three years of shutdown, the most powerful particle accelerator has been switched on today and will shortly begin another run of cutting-edge physics. The Large Hadron Collider … [+8757 chars]
Since the first successful fabrication of a two-dimensional structure of carbon atoms about 20 years ago, graphene has fascinated scientists. A few years ago, researchers discovered that two layers o… [+3182 chars]
The building blocks of life may have come from outer space. Meteorite Life Scientists have discovered the building blocks of DNA in meteorites that landed in North America and Australia, Reuters re… [+2029 chars]
NASA is keeping a watchful eye on an asteroid that will make a knee-wobbling close pass of Earth on Thursday. The space rock 2008 AG33 is up to 2,560 feet long, making it twice the size of the Empir… [+2690 chars]
For Star Wars fans, the streaking stars seen from the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon as it jumps to hyperspace is a canonical image. But what would a pilot actually see if she could accelerate in a… [+6312 chars]
Video meetings dampen brainstorming because we are so hyper-focused on the face in that box that we don't let our eyes and minds wander as much, a new study found. Staring isn't good for creativity.… [+2945 chars]
