In the deepest and coldest parts of the ocean, sea creatures — mainly invertebrates, or animals without backbones — can reach gargantuan proportions. Squids, sea spiders, worms and a variety of other… [+4846 chars]
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity faced a challenge this week when it lost communications with its rover partner Perseverance, marking the first time in its more than one year of operations that it had m… [+4219 chars]
13 with 12 posters participating Medical authorities have spent years convincing people to use sunscreen to limit their exposure to UV light. But that effort has had a bit of a setback, as several l… [+4537 chars]
Three US and one German astronauts returned to Earth on April 6, 2022, aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule after a journey of more than 23 hours. NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari and Thomas Marsh… [+1319 chars]
Finally, all the basic units of the so-called molecule of life were found in meteorite samples. The discovery, made by Japanese researchers, concluded the mapping of two DNA bases, cytosine and thymi… [+2529 chars]
Video clip of ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and his Expedition 66 crewmates experiencing a reboost of the International Space Station. While the video at the bottom of this article is sped up by 8 ti… [+1154 chars]
Throughout our planet's history, Earth has fluctuated between a hothouse and an icehouse. Today, our home is supposed to be in a period of global cooling, but human emissions of greenhouse gasses ar… [+3115 chars]
NASA Deputy Administrator and former astronaut Pam Melroy called the University of Arizona a "crown jewel" among U.S. universities doing space science research. The comments came after Melroy spent … [+959 chars]
Black holes are powerful cosmic engines. They provide the energy behind quasars and other active galactic nuclei (AGNs). This is due to the interaction of matter with its powerful gravitational and m… [+3330 chars]
A California-based company, Rocket Lab, under its mission There and Back Again, has finally embarked on a rocket to put 34 satellites into orbit. This space mission was elicited by one of the sustain… [+2182 chars]
Canada passed laws on April 28th, 2022, allowing crimes committed on the moon to be prosecuted. An amendment to Canada's Criminal Code to allow the change passed with members of parliament voting 18… [+1482 chars]
A team of scientists has mapped a huge, actively circulating groundwater system in deep sediments in West Antarctica. The team at Columbia University estimated that if all of it were extracted, it w… [+2297 chars]
