A rare solar eclipse Saturday (April 30) stunned viewers across Antarctica, the southern tip of South America, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. While much of the event took place in remote areas… [+3873 chars]
The latest generation of optical atomic clocks are accurate to less than one-tenth of a second over the age of the universe (13.8 billion years). So why are they still measuring the length of a secon… [+11777 chars]
By Lukas Wesemann, The University of Melbourne Infectious diseases such as malaria remain a leading cause of death in many regions. This is partly because people there dont have access to medical di… [+5499 chars]
ByDenise Buckner, University of FloridaMay 1, 2022 Artistic rendering of NASAs Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Recently on Mars Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system … [+4345 chars]
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured the image of a massive black spot on the surface of Jupiter during its 40th close pass by the giant planet on February 25, 2022. As detailed by NASA in a recent comm… [+1213 chars]
By Lukas Wesemann, The University of Melbourne Infectious diseases such as malaria remain a leading cause of death in many regions. This is partly because people there dont have access to medical di… [+5499 chars]
The surface of Saturn's moon Titan looks a bit like Earth and a new study finally explains why. Saturn's largest moon Titan features some very Earth -like landscapes: lakes and rivers, labyrint… [+3309 chars]
ByNASAMay 1, 2022 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASAs SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindg… [+4171 chars]
There's an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn't develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike our reptilian ancestors, we humans might be able to save… [+4716 chars]
