Scientists have found that a key modern group of reptiles that includes lizards and snakesknown as squamatesdiverged in the Jurassic period, 50 million years earlier than previously thought. New res… [+3676 chars]
U.K. engineers are currently testing a device that will make GPS navigation work on the moon ahead of a 2024 launch of a demonstration mission. The device, called NaviMoon, was built by Switzerland-… [+3822 chars]
Nearby black holes and their stellar companions form an astrophysical rogues' gallery in this new NASA visualization. Stars born with more than about 20 times the sun's mass end their lives as black… [+3986 chars]
Accumulation of salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonates in poplar after infection with a virulent rust fungus, Melampsora larici-populina. (a, b) Concentrations of SA and its glucoside (SAG) in poplar lea… [+8540 chars]
What mysteries of the universe could the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator unlock? The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) near … [+16069 chars]
May 3 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith According to a new study, there was a period of accelerated global climate change in an ice-capped world about 304 million years ago, similar to the present. In just… [+4638 chars]
A newly published study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa revealed that bacteria alter their swimming patterns when they get into tight spaces -- making a beeline to escape from co… [+2875 chars]
WASHINGTON A NASA lunar cubesat mission is now scheduled to launch in late May on a Rocket Lab Electron after resolving issues with the rockets kick stage. In a call with reporters after the May 2 l… [+2550 chars]
Archaeologists in southern Mexico have discovered 30 carvings depicting capital I-shaped ballcourts cut into rocks. These carvings may have been used in ceremonies involving water and “ritual bloodle… [+3824 chars]
asteroid: A rocky object in orbit around the sun. Most asteroids orbit in a region that falls between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers refer to this region as the asteroid belt. atmospher… [+9339 chars]
As the scientific community searches for worlds orbiting nearby stars that could potentially harbor life, new Southwest Research Institute-led research suggests that younger rocky exoplanets are more… [+4691 chars]
ByNASAMay 2, 2022 NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare as seen in the bright flash in the upper right portion of the image on April 30, 2022. The image shows a subse… [+1829 chars]
