Plastic bottles, punnets, wraplightweight packaging made of PET plastic becomes a problem if it is not recycled. Scientists at Leipzig University have now discovered a highly efficient enzyme that de… [+5178 chars]
The eclipsed moon burns red high above the bright lights of New York City in gorgeous photos captured by amateur astronomer Alexander Krivenyshev. Krivenyshev, the president of WorldTimeZone.com, sn… [+2709 chars]
The world's largest fusion experiment, ITER, may be able to unleash more power than previously thought. That's because a team of scientists from the Swiss Plasma Center, one of the world's leading n… [+4273 chars]
SpaceX, Blue Origin, and a host of other private companies helped to make 2021 the year with the most space launches in history, but scientists say this mad dash to space could be causing further dam… [+6728 chars]
A NASA spacecraft on Mars is headed for a dusty demise. The Insight lander is losing power because of all the dust on its solar panels. NASA said Tuesday it will keep using the spacecraft's seismome… [+2514 chars]
Billions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions broke loose on the moon, blanketing hundreds of thousands of square miles of the orb's surface in hot lava. Over the eons, that lava created the … [+4835 chars]
Many animal species die after they reproduce. But in octopus mothers, this decline is particularly alarming: In most species, as an octopus mother's eggs get close to hatching, she stops eating. She … [+5818 chars]
For the past few days, we've all been fawning over the glorious new image of our Milky Way's black hole. But for a moment, we might want to pause and pay our respects to a lonely chasm across the uni… [+7168 chars]
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with a new fleet of 53 Starlink satellites on May 18. The two-stage rocket lifted off from the Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 4:29 pm (IST), after a 39-… [+1732 chars]
New research in plants that colonized the base of an active stratovolcano reveals that two simple molecular steps rewired nutrient transport, enabling adaptation. An international team led by Angela… [+5881 chars]
Salt crystals from Central Australia hold ancient microorganisms that became trapped 830 million years ago, new research finds. And there's a chance that some of the microorganisms might still be a… [+4547 chars]
Enlarge/ The dark matter-poor galaxies are so diffuse that you can see right through them. 19 with 13 posters participating The Universe's first galaxies are thought to have formed at sites where a… [+4640 chars]
