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]
What would you do if a massive asteroid was coming our way? We've all likely enacted disaster movie scenarios in our heads. Thankfully though, we won't have to witness one on May 6, despite recent r… [+2959 chars]
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]
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]
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]
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a faster, less expensive technique for producing hindered amines -- a class of chemicals used as building blocks in products ranging from… [+3395 chars]
Hidden below the waves, the ocean contains vast reserves of sugar that we never were aware of, according to new research. Scientists have discovered that seagrass meadows on the ocean floor can stor… [+3290 chars]
ByUniversity of California - San DiegoMay 4, 2022 Scientists used tools of genetics research similar to those used in genealogical research to evaluate the diversity of marine life off the Californi… [+6032 chars]
When a cell divides normally, it makes a copy of every chromosome and then shares them equally between the two new cells. This function is carried out by a complex machine in the cell called the mito… [+2128 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]
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A fast-spinning pulsar hungrily feeding on a close companion star has been found 3,000 light-years from Earth in a rare type of cannibalistic system known as a black-widow binary. Around two dozen b… [+3689 chars]
