Sometimes you have to stop and ask yourself: is it worth it? NASA and the German Aerospace Center did, and decided that the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) — which is a plan… [+5673 chars]
Ever wonder what happened to all those collections of rocks and dust the Apollo astronauts brought back from the Moon? Some of those lunar samples were studied right away. Others made their way into … [+5228 chars]
NASA has confirmed the presence of water molecules in the sunlit areas of the Moon, indicating that water is widely distributed across the lunar surface. A majority of the lunar water is generally b… [+2175 chars]
For a new plant to grow from a seed, cells need to divide numerous times. Daughter cells can each take on different tasks and sometimes vary in size. How plants determine the plane of cell division i… [+3489 chars]
DNA mutations might be caused by a rather weird, but well-known, quantum mechanism called tunnelling. This challenges the notion that quantum behavior doesn't happen in living cells, and could greatl… [+3545 chars]
(MENAFN- The Conversation) As a physicist working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern, one of the most frequent questions I am asked isWhen are you going to find something?. Resisting the t… [+6339 chars]
Space has its own rules. But Canada seems to be looking to form its own regulations for the vast area too. A measure has been recently proposed in the Canadian Parliament to make committing crimes… [+1550 chars]
DNA mutations might be caused by a rather weird, but well-known, quantum mechanism called tunnelling. This challenges the notion that quantum behavior doesn't happen in living cells, and could greatl… [+3545 chars]
AUSTIN, Texas The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earths atmosphere has only a small influence on changes in tropical ecosystems despite evidence of enhanced plant growth under elevated CO2 sc… [+3898 chars]
Around 56 million years ago, Earth's climate underwent a major climatic transition. A huge release of carbon into the ocean and atmosphere raised atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrationswhich … [+6151 chars]
Hello and welcome to This Week in Space, our weekly roundup of all the space news that’s fit to print — or at least, distract you from doomscrolling. First off, May the Fourth be with you: this week… [+6598 chars]
Physicists sometimes come up with crazy stories that sound like science fiction. Some turn out to be true, like how the curvature of space and time described by Einstein was eventually borne out by a… [+9691 chars]
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