The secret to what drives powerful solar flares is literally in the palm of your hand. Astronomers have discovered that one of the most important magnetic effect at work on the sun is the same one … [+3421 chars]
Converting agroindustrial waste into molecules of interest to society, such as biofuels and biochemicals, is one of the ways to mitigate dependence on oil and other fossil fuels. As one of the world'… [+9675 chars]
The NASA Perseverance Mars Rover captured absolutely magnificent HD footage of a rarely seen solar eclipse featuring Phobos, one of two moons orbiting the Red Planet using its onboard Mastcam-Z camer… [+516 chars]
Well, okay then. Moon Mounties The Canadian government has snuck a Criminal Code amendment into its 2022 federal budget making it a crime to commit illegal acts in outer space, Canadian newspaper T… [+1637 chars]
May offers an unusual skywatching bounty: the possibility of two major celestial highlights occurring within the span of a single month. The first, a total lunar eclipse , is a certainty, but the s… [+6689 chars]
A cross-disciplinary University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) team has demonstrated a major breakthrough in using automated synthesis to discover new molecules for organic electronics applic… [+8156 chars]
NASA is asking the public to comment on an environmental assessment for its Mars sample return effort. The project, a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), aims to bring to Earth sampl… [+2810 chars]
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 diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases (a… [+5085 chars]
A new Rice University-led analysis of the remains of ancient predators reveals new information about how prehistoric humans didor didn'tfind their food. "Sabertooth carcass consumption behavior and … [+2239 chars]
Scientists say they have identified the two largest tremors ever recorded on the Red Planet. swamp is a seismic The event that occurs on the surface of Mars. It is similar to earthquakes that occur … [+3916 chars]
In the time since the first exoplanet was discovered in 1992, astronomers have detected more than 5,000 planets orbiting other stars. But when astronomers detect a new exoplanet, we don't learn a lot… [+6645 chars]
by German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig With the extinction of large, non-flying dinosaurs 66 million years ago, large herbivores were missing on Earth for th… [+3658 chars]
