Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) used tools of genetics research… [+4455 chars]
When a star explodes and dies in a supernova, it takes on a new life of sorts. Pulsars are the extremely rapidly rotating objects left over after massive stars have exhausted their fuel supply. They… [+5802 chars]
Newswise — WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish – even to scientists who study them – are wonderfully weird creatures. Known as the soft-bodied or coleoid cephalopods, they have the lar… [+9669 chars]
Skip to content The nation is stepping up its planetary defense program. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) will attempt to redirect the orbit of an asteroid by slamming a spacecraft in… [+3622 chars]
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There are water molecules and ice up on the Moon, so how did they get there? Asteroid and comet collisions are likely to have produced some of it, but a new study suggests another source of lunar wat… [+3299 chars]
NASA explains that before the ISS, the first U.S. space station, Skylab, demonstrated that humans could live in space for up to a year. Skylab became a space outpost from 1973 to 1974. During those y… [+1482 chars]
Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a "supersonic ballet." Rocket Lab, the company that Beck founded, partially pulled off the feat Tuesd… [+2222 chars]
Since graphene was first isolated and characterized in the early 2000s, researchers have been exploring ways to use this atomically thin nanomaterial because of its unique properties such as high ten… [+5206 chars]
ONE of the best shooting star shows of the year will light up skies across the U.K. and U.S. this week. Glowing fireballs are expected to appear over several nights as our planet passes through debr… [+3362 chars]
When the Apollo 15 and 17 missions returned to Earth with pieces of the Moon in 1971 and 1972, some of the samples were deliberately set aside for the future. Flash forward half a century and these … [+4189 chars]
How clean are the cooking oils we use in our homes? What about the cooking oils used at restaurants? Recently, a team of researchers at POSTECH often called fluorescent alchemists has developed a str… [+2350 chars]
