A new study performed at the University of Eastern Finland has shown that variations caused in both the size and distribution of the pine beauty moth population are connected to higher temperatures. … [+2581 chars]
A new study performed at the University of Eastern Finland has shown that variations caused in both the size and distribution of the pine beauty moth population are connected to higher temperatures. … [+2581 chars]
The shallow sea that covered much of western North America 95 million years ago was as warm as today’s tropics, according to a new study that used fossil oyster shells as paleothermometers. The stud… [+5918 chars]
When exposed to pathogens, the common lab plant A. thaliana relies on a defense protein called NPR1 to stay healthy (right). Plants that lack NPR1 (left) become infected and develop yellow leaves. Cr… [+4575 chars]
In the near future, NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), China, and Roscosmos all mount crewed missions to the moon. This will constitute the first time astronauts have walked on the lunar surface … [+9459 chars]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will explore how the ocean absorbs atmospheric heat and carbon, moderating global temperatures and climate change. T… [+6768 chars]
NASA's most iconic space telescope has spotted a star that survived the violent death of its companion. When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it explodes in a brilliant burst of light, a… [+4392 chars]
Our electronics can no longer shrink and are on the verge of overheating. But in a new discovery from the University of Copenhagen, researchers have uncovered a fundamental property of magnetism, whi… [+4576 chars]
ByNASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterMay 11, 2022 Hubble Space Telescope image of the spiral galaxy NGC 247 (Caldwell 62), which has the nickname the Needles Eye. Credit: NASA, ESA, and H. Feng (Tsin… [+3809 chars]
May 11 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith An intermediate layer containing a few atoms is serving to enhance the transfer of spin currents from one material to the next. Thus far, this process has involved … [+2766 chars]
Jars of 150-year-old platypus and echidna specimens that prove some mammals lay eggs have been discovered at an English museum. Collected in the late 1800s by the scientist William Caldwell, the tin… [+2400 chars]
NASA has shared a breathing picture of a hidden galaxy that lies near the equator of the Milky Way's pearly disk. Captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the spiral galaxy IC 342, also known… [+1698 chars]