The Carlini base on King George Island, hosting the seismometer located closest to the seismic region, and the Bransfield Strait. Credit: Milton Percy Plasencia Linares In a remote area, a mix of ge… [+5994 chars]
People in three southern US states spotted a sharp fireball streak coming down from the sky, introduced by a loud boom around 8am, which officials and scientists identified as a bright meteor on Thur… [+2378 chars]
With their sickle-claws and agile movements, raptors were without a doubt one of the most ferocious dinosaurs when they roamed the Earth. Now, scientists have discovered the remains of a new species… [+6243 chars]
The first solar eclipse of 2022 is set to take place this weekend, though it will only be visible in certain parts of the world. The partial solar eclipse on 30 April will occur in one of the least … [+2582 chars]
Even as NASA publishes images demonstrating progress in the commission of the James Webb Space Telescope, preparations are being made to ground the Boeing 747-based Stratospheric Observatory for Infr… [+2287 chars]
ByDartmouth CollegeApril 29, 2022 Solar flares and coronal mass ejections on the sun are caused by magnetic reconnectionwhen magnetic field lines of opposite directions merge, rejoin, and snap apart… [+6856 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image source, NASA/ESA/CSA Image caption, Webb's four instruments: NIRSpec, NIRCam, MIRI and FGS/NIRISS James Webb, astronomy's new super space… [+3850 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image source, NASA/ESA/CSA Image caption, Webb's four instruments: NIRSpec, NIRCam, MIRI and FGS/NIRISS James Webb, astronomy's new super space… [+3850 chars]
In two weeks' time, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is going to present the world with new information about our Milky Way. It's anyone's guess what the announcement will be, but based on wh… [+2725 chars]
The aftermath of a nail-biting landing process Ingenuity captured images that shows debris from the Mars landing site featuring Perseverances parachute and backshell Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech New p… [+3106 chars]
Stargazers have some real treats to look forward to this weekend, including the second new moon of the month and a spectacular celestial 'kiss'. The second new moon of April, dubbed a 'black moon', … [+11038 chars]
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have detected two rocky alien worlds orbiting a nearby M dwarf star known as HD 260655. The newly found exoplanets are larger an… [+3464 chars]
