The volcanic eruption that discharged near Tonga in January – which caused destruction to the nation and was felt by other countries along the Pacific Ocean – was one of the most powerful eruptions i… [+3657 chars]
Last week, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover captured a photo of what looks like a purposefully carved doorway that leads somewhere into the depths of the Red Planet. The photo was captured by the Curios… [+2110 chars]
The James Webb Telescope has once again demonstrated its lenses’ optic excellence and sharpness. The tested flying observatory has delivered the most recent test images of a neighbouring satellite ga… [+2324 chars]
Imagine walking through a dense, hazy fog in the middle of the night, seeing patches of light from cars and towns shimmering in the distance. It's nearly impossible to tell if the lights are deep in … [+6090 chars]
NASA’s Artemis 1 flight vehicle remains in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida while work to investigate and fix problems found in April at the launch pad… [+17569 chars]
Fresh off revealing its first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Event Horizon Telescope is ready to take its next steps by capturing movies of gas flowing turbulently onto a bl… [+8400 chars]
Imagine walking through a dense, hazy fog in the middle of the night, seeing patches of light from cars and towns shimmering in the distance. It's nearly impossible to tell if the lights are deep in … [+6090 chars]
The technological advancement of optical lenses has long been a significant marker of human scientific achievement. Eyeglasses, telescopes, cameras, and microscopes have all literally and figurativel… [+5223 chars]
Polymer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced in the journal Nature Communications that they have solved a longstanding mystery surrounding a nanoscale structure, f… [+3983 chars]
Georgia State University scientists have created gene-edited hamsters for studies of social neuroscience and have found that the biology behind social behavior may be more complex than previously tho… [+3328 chars]
The solar systems current planetary orbits seem stable, but thats only because the planets have settled into them over billions of years. The early solar system was a much different place than that … [+3821 chars]
Orbiting the sun at a distance of 141.6 million miles (210-million kilometres), Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. With a diameter of 4,228 miles (6,804 kilometres), Mars is the second smallest … [+17925 chars]