Under the arch of the setting Milky Way. I had shot at this location before but felt I could do better, so I returned on an unexpected trip to give it another go. I was pleasantly surprised to find t… [+389 chars]
What's in a head? According to new research, a little bit of our ancestors' tails. In the early days of complex, multicellular life on Earth, animals started out without any spines or brains. They o… [+2661 chars]
A full moon showing volcanic domes and impact craters. AFP via Getty Images There are no active volcanoes on the Moon to be found today, but recent discoveries show that the Moon was far longer geo… [+3770 chars]
What's in a head? According to new research, a little bit of our ancestors' tails. In the early days of complex, multicellular life on Earth, animals started out without any spines or brains. They o… [+2661 chars]
Newswise — DURHAM, N.C. -- A new examination of the way different tissues read information from genes has discovered that the brain and testes appear to be extraordinarily open to the use of many dif… [+4905 chars]
Weve all been adoring the stunning new photograph of our Milky Ways black hole for the past several days. But, for now, we might want to take a minute to remember a lonely chasm across the universe t… [+5168 chars]
NASA has outlined the objectives for the Moon to Mars initiative following the early stages of its Artemis mission and is seeking feedback. A new video posted to NASA's YouTube channel outlines a dr… [+1946 chars]
A critical goal in genetics and evolution is predicting the effects of mutations that may happen in the future and inferring the effects of those that happened in the past. To make these predictions,… [+7260 chars]
ByNASAMay 19, 2022 An afternoon on Mars: NASAs Perseverance Mars rover used its Right Navigation Camera (Navcam) to acquire this image after driving on sol 428. The view is behind the rover towards … [+3011 chars]
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescop… [+5312 chars]
Using tens of thousands of stars observed by the Gaia space probe, astronomers from MPIA and Chalmers have revealed the 3D shapes of two large star-forming molecular clouds, the California Cloud and … [+6444 chars]
The pollution from rockets built by SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic could damage human health and hurt the Earth's climate, a new study shows. "Atmospheric pollution from rockets," publishe… [+1892 chars]