The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder helps researchers predict weather, analyze air pollution, monitor volcanoes, and track a changing climate. And there's more. On April 13, a blizzard dropped 4 feet o… [+5494 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]
Today, ESA and the Zooniverse launch Rosetta Zoo, a citizen science project that invites volunteers to engage in a cosmic game of "spot the difference." By browsing through pictures collected by ESA'… [+5390 chars]
An old Russian motor drifting aimlessly through space for more than a decade has finally exploded, scattering at least 16 shards of orbital debris that now threaten satellites and other objects. The… [+2468 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]
A group of astronomers, led by Sierk van Terwisga from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, have analyzed the mass distribution of over 870 planet-forming disks in the Orion A cloud. By exploiting… [+7511 chars]
Many coastal areas around the world are home to lush green meadows — all thanks to seagrasses. As the only flowering plants growing in marine environments, these meadows are magic: One square kilom… [+4164 chars]
Many coastal areas around the world are home to lush green meadows — all thanks to seagrasses. As the only flowering plants growing in marine environments, these meadows are magic: One square kilom… [+4164 chars]
Astronauts often talk about the overview effect, the cognitive shift that makes you realize the fragility of our world once you see it among the interplanetary void. But space travelers experience mo… [+2552 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]
NASA will next month make a fourth attempt to fuel up its Artemis 1 mega rocket that is set to return humans to the moon before the end of the decade. If all goes according to plan, it could set the… [+8371 chars]
"People on the Moon sooner." Better, Faster One of SpaceXs top employees said in a conference this week that SpaceX will likely make it to Mars before the NASA Artemis mission does. SpaceX Presi… [+1585 chars]