In the shadow of a massive Patagonian glacier, paleontologists have unearthed a rare fossil find: an ancient marine reptile that died while pregnant. This dolphin-like creature, called an ichthyosaur… [+3891 chars]
In late April, Perseverance and Ingenuity arrived at the edge of Jezero Crater’s ancient river delta — an area of the crater that was likely once formed by flowing water, and a major focus of the Mar… [+10864 chars]
What does a modern combine harvester and a Diplodocus have in common? One answer, it seems, may be their big footprints on the soil. A new study led by researchers from Sweden and Switzerland has fou… [+5633 chars]
Last week, NASA released even more images from the James Webb Space Telescope, as it continues to test its instruments before science missions begin. And these incredible, crisp-clean images come o… [+3427 chars]
Cells in a petri dish. getty To find life on other planets, scientists have to know what theyre looking for. To know what theyre looking for, they have to unravel the mystery of how life originate… [+3393 chars]
If you can't beat them, steal their game. This seems to be what NASA Administrator Bill Nelson thinks about China's space program, since he broke the ice during a low-key House Appropriations Commit… [+3411 chars]
Magnetic nanostructures are promising tools for medical applications. Incorporated into biological structures, they can be steered via external magnetic fields inside the body to release drugs or to … [+3424 chars]
Einstein's theory of special relativity teaches us that time is relative. But what does it mean for time to be relative? How can we live in a universe where nobody can agree on when events start, whe… [+5276 chars]
There was a time when we thought a 50 MHz 486 was something to get excited about. In comparison, the computer this post was written on clocks in at about 3.8 GHz, which these days, isn’t an especiall… [+1842 chars]
Clues to the origin and evolution of giant planets lie in the specific elements that make up their atmospheres, ones other than the hydrogen they amply inherited from the Suns disk. For example, nobl… [+3700 chars]
Haunting footage from two timelapse videos show the moon growing dark. The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of May 15 to 16 saw the moon disappearing into the deep shadow of Earth, upon which t… [+2414 chars]
ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryMay 17, 2022 Martian surface frost, made up largely of carbon dioxide, appears bluish-white in these images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera aboard… [+7070 chars]
