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… [+4464 chars]
There's something wonderful about sitting under the night sky, watching a meteor shower play out overhead. However, observers in the southern hemisphere usually get the short end of the stick, with m… [+6094 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]
NASA's Mars rock samples might contain space germs that could be brought back to Earth if astronauts are not careful enough. The international space union now plans to conduct a space mission that … [+2403 chars]
Almost like ASMR! Sleep Tight It looks pretty hard to wash your face when the cloth and water youre using keep floating away. But you can still watch astronaut Matthias Maurer, of the European Spac… [+1276 chars]
Scientists from the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University have shown how silicon nanoparticles can become trapped inside the vortices that form inside superfluid helium. This wor… [+3063 chars]
Have you heard that on May 6, 2002 this Friday! an asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid in Giza may hit Earth? You might have if you listen to conspiracy-laden YouTube videos and news sites onl… [+5246 chars]
May 4 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Pulsars are the magnetically charged remnants of a shattered neutron star that spin at speeds ranging from one to hundreds of rotations per second. The X-Ray wavelen… [+3667 chars]
A photo taken by NASA of the Moon's surface has been shared thousands of times in social media posts alongside a claim that the photo proves that the planetary mass was previously split in two. But t… [+4433 chars]
It may not be as talked about as it should probably was, but more than 50 years ago, the world almost reached a brink due to a huge solar storm. However, the almost-end-of-the-world event was not dir… [+3335 chars]
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Ahead of the Artemis missions that will send humans back to the moon, scientists at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center received samples of the lunar surface that were preserved in a freezer at the age… [+3558 chars]