The release of a remarkable image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy isn’t only an incredible scientific achievement — it also agrees precisely with predictions about what black holes are … [+2691 chars]
This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the delightfully named Little Sombrero galaxy, called that for its long thin shape with a bulge in the middle which is reminiscent of the shape… [+2087 chars]
Researchers from Magallanes University in Chile discovered the fossilised remains of Fiona, a four-metre-long pregnant female ichthyosaur. This is Chile's first complete ichthyosaur fossil, discovere… [+1960 chars]
In the mid-1970s, the Soviet Union became the first and, to this day, only nation to fire a cannon in space. The real specifications of the mission, which is mounted on a space station, have remained… [+4174 chars]
Researchers from Magallanes University in Chile discovered the fossilised remains of Fiona, a four-metre-long pregnant female ichthyosaur. This is Chile's first complete ichthyosaur fossil, discovere… [+1960 chars]
May 15, 2022 marks the first anniversary of the remarkable touch-down by China's Tianwen-1 on Mars in the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a vast plain on the northern hemisphere of the red planet, … [+2660 chars]
The crew of private astronauts on Axiom Spaces Ax-1 mission says they were entirely too busy while on the International Space Station. So busy, in fact, it interrupted the other astronauts on the ISS… [+2005 chars]
Before the pandemic levels of anxiety were already pretty high, with one in five of us struggling. But, unsurprisingly, the figures have soared in the past couple of years, to one in three. Copin… [+2376 chars]
There are several asteroids that make their close appearance towards Earth every week. But space scientists have warned about a massive asteroid that will pass by the Earth in the early hours of 16 M… [+2003 chars]
Boeing's Starliner capsule is all set to launch on the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Following a May 11 flight readiness review, NASA and … [+2609 chars]
Global warming and climate change are causing irreversible damage to our planet in numerous ways -- whether it's the changes in weather patterns, changes in the lives of the flora and fauna or even c… [+2580 chars]
Scientists might have just found the "fifth force" working in space. According to them, this force might be mediated by a hypothetical particle called "symmetron" or also known as "domain walls", whi… [+3212 chars]
