GLIMPSE is a robot designed to explore, created at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, and is now ready for the necessary tests before launching it into space. The idea is to send it to the moo… [+1751 chars]
Titan looks suspiciously like our own planet when you observe it. However, Saturns moon and our own Earth couldnt be any more different. Where landscapes are made of silicate-based sediments on Earth… [+3073 chars]
"It was actually a privilege." Hardly Phased Did you really think something as inconsequential as the threat of being destroyed by Russian space junk would phase NASA astronauts during their stay o… [+1539 chars]
A study led by a Monash University geologist has provided fresh evidence for when high rates of erosion occurred throughout the history of Mars. The findings, published today in Geology date when cl… [+2955 chars]
This Sunday, May 15, more than 2.7 billion of the world’s 7.9 billion people will have an opportunity to watch the same celestial event, if the weather cooperates. The moon will be darkened by the l… [+6066 chars]
American space agency NASA has warned that a massive asteroid is heading towards the Earth. NASA is monitoring the space rock Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) and said that it will get close to our planet… [+591 chars]
Future quantum computers are expected not only to solve particularly tricky computing tasks, but also to be connected to a network for the secure exchange of data. In principle, quantum gates could b… [+7844 chars]
With their stretched bodies, immense wingspan and iridescent coloring, dragonflies are a unique sight. But their originality doesnt end with their looks: As one of the oldest insect species on the pl… [+5310 chars]
image: Left: Scheme of the kinetochore organization with the CCAN subcomplexes binding to the centromere protein A (CENP-A). Right: Model of the surface of the CCANs 16 components organized in differ… [+2503 chars]
Over 120 million laboratory rats and mice are used worldwide each year. Many are used to study distressing conditions like cancer, arthritis and chronic pain, and nearly all spend their lives in smal… [+4623 chars]
WASHINGTON The private astronauts who spent two weeks on the International Space Station in April said they tried to pack too much into their schedules while on the station, putting a strain on both … [+4058 chars]
image: By bending sheet of cells, similar to the one that makes up our skin, the researchers noticed more precisely that the cells swelled to take the shape of small domes.view more Credit: Aurélie… [+4196 chars]
