Distant galaxies, dark matter, dark energy and the origin and evolution of the universe itself are some of the many scientific goals of China's newly announced space telescope. If all goes according … [+5862 chars]
May 10 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith The heart of chemistry and biology is phenomena that last trillionths of a second. They are everywhere. The world has only recently started trying to document their… [+5318 chars]
Earth's oceans are feeling the wrath of human-induced climate change. Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising and reefs are dying – and now, according to a new study published in Science Advances… [+2728 chars]
Sperm meets egg, setting off a cascade of events leading to the creation of an embryo. But how do developing cellswhich all contain the same genetic informationdecide what to be when they grow up? Ho… [+4245 chars]
Were just a week away from seeing Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft blast off from the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in a crucial test flight to the International Space Station … [+2531 chars]
May 10 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Ice shelves are nothing but floating extensions of glaciers. According to the result of a new study performed, if Greenland’s second-largest ice shelf splits, it mi… [+2893 chars]
NASA's new space telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected to begin in July, astronomers said Monday. The James Webb Space Telescope beamed back the latest test… [+999 chars]
WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - Residing at the center of our spiral-shaped Milky Way galaxy is a beast - a supermassive black hole possessing 4 million times the mass of our sun and consuming any mat… [+3981 chars]
Searching for Dyson spheres, rings or swarms remains a preoccupation of many astronomers. If there are any out there, they will eventually be found, and the person or research team to do so will go d… [+4933 chars]
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense industry, today announced it has shipped its CAPSTONE satell… [+4339 chars]
May 10 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith An investigation carried out on the underside of the world’s largest ice sheet in East Antarctica has revealed a city-size lake whose sediments may hold a history o… [+4252 chars]
The first lunar eclipse of 2022 will be visible on Monday 16th May, named the Blood Moon lunar eclipse. In the UK, we will be in the right hemisphere for the first half of the eclipse, so you'll have… [+2349 chars]