The China National Space Agency (CNSA) has advanced considerably since the turn of the century, boasting new launch vehicles, robotic missions to the Moon and Mars, and a modular space station in orb… [+4800 chars]
Nasa is set to attempt another launch of the Starliner astronaut capsule on Thursday (19 May). The uncrewed test flight of Boeings Crew Space Transportation-100 Starliner spacecraft comes after a s… [+2575 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image source, NASA/JPL-Caltech Image caption, The sophisticated French-UK seismometer package is just weeks away from being shut off The seismo… [+4942 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]
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Nevan Krogan, PhD, speaks with research associate Antoine Forget, PhD, and specialist Rasika Vartak in his lab. Image by Noah Berger Breast cancer, COVID-19, and autism may seem unrelated, but they … [+5773 chars]
Our electronics are relatively affordable because silicon – the material of choice for computer chips – is cheap and abundant. But although silicon is a good conductor of electricity, it is not a goo… [+3244 chars]
China plans to launch its second-ever deep space exploration effort in 2025, according to the chief designer of the country's Tianwen 1 Mars mission. Zhang Rongqiao told China Central Television on… [+3256 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]
Travel and adventure photography blog Capture the Atlas has published its annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection that showcases the best night sky captures from all around the world. B… [+9192 chars]
A discovery by former Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. student, Mingyi Wang, leading a large collaborative team, sheds light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. The study, published i… [+6780 chars]
Ants may be the unlikely heroes when it comes to better understanding the health of our planet in the midst of a climate crisis. In a paper published to Frontiers in Remote Sensing, a team of scienti… [+3863 chars]
