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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]
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]
image: Researchers led by the University of Iowa have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed. In a new study, the physicists report discrete aurora form through the interaction of the solar w… [+2844 chars]
A team of engineers successfully generated electricity from a technology commonly found in night-vision goggles — called "nighttime" solar power, according to a recent study published in the journal … [+3323 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]
Michigan State researchers have helped peer inside a novaa type of astrophysical nuclear explosionwithout leaving Earth. These stellar events help forge the universe's chemical elements, and Spartan… [+7606 chars]
<ul><li>Scientists have for the first time been able to grow plants in soil from the moon.</li><li>The soil samples were collected during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 ventures, according to NPR.</li><li>… [+3976 chars]
The InSight Mars lander will cease science operations sometime in the next few months due to a decreasing power supply, mission managers said at a news conference on May 17. Martian dust covering th… [+3525 chars]
In 1996, a rock from space was found in southwestern Egypts Great Sand Sea. The rock was odd, even by extraterrestrial standards, and a team of researchers studying the rocks chemistry now propose th… [+2742 chars]
UNSW scientists have announced a breakthrough in the field of renewable energy. They have developed a new kind of solar cells that can produce electricity even at night.’ Known as ‘Night-time’ solar… [+2704 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]