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]
For seventy years, Albuquerque-based Sandia National Laboratories has been developing electrical microgrids that increase community resilience and ensure energy security. Applications include the Sma… [+8739 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]
Trapped in an 830-million-year-old rock salt crystal, scientists have discovered the potential remnants of prokaryotic and algal life which they say may just may still be alive. Scientists used a … [+2589 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]
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]
Researchers have developed a CRISPR-Cas9 approach to enable gene editing in cockroaches, according to a study published by Cell Press on May 16th in the journal Cell Reports Methods. The simple and e… [+3905 chars]
Skywatchers have gathered in different parts of the globe to enjoy a total lunar eclipse that graced the skies for longer than usual. For about an hour and a half on Sunday night into early Monday m… [+651 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]
NASA will issue an update about one of its Red Planet missions this week, and you can listen to the event live. The agency will issue an update to reporters about the InSight Mars lander on Tuesday … [+2347 chars]
