Brains of astronauts back on Earth show distinct changes even months after their return, according to a recent study conducted by Oregon Health & Science University researchers. Unsplash Also … [+1919 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]
THE European Space Agency has asked the public to assess photos of a comet in a 'cosmic game of spot the difference'. On Thursday, the ESA revealed Rosetta Zoo, a citizen science project launched wi… [+2791 chars]
The flashing of a nearby star led astronomers to discover that it’s part of a rare and mysterious system called a “black widow binary.” A black widow binary a type of system consisting of a rapidly … [+5193 chars]
Seagrasses- marine plants- are one of the most efficient global sinks of carbon dioxide on Earth. They stores almost twice as much carbon as forests on land and 35 times as fast. Recently, sc… [+4212 chars]
Did Moon gets its water from our home planet Earth? A new study suggests so. Among other most likely sources of water for Moon include asteroid and comet collisions with Earth's only natural satellit… [+2150 chars]
1ES 1927+654 is a galaxy located at a distance of 236 million light years in the far northern constellation of Draco. The galaxy is demonstrating erratic behavior and had an enigmatic outburst, that … [+7421 chars]
China's LinkSpace plans to send a rocket into space and land it safely in late 2022, three years after the startup's last major test. The company announced Thursday (May 5) that it had carried out a… [+3603 chars]
The third long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth early on Friday, May 6, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida to… [+3978 chars]
Water is one of the key reasons why Earth is habitable. Scientists believe that Earth's twin planet - Venus - was once much wetter than it is today, but it dried out for unknown reasons. NASA's upcom… [+1848 chars]
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]
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a companion star to a supernova that was previously hidden by the glare of the stellar explosion. This is the first time that astronomers have directly observed… [+4843 chars]