Researchers at West Virginia University have been able to identify tiny remnants of prokaryotic and eukaryotic life trapped in 830 million year old halite crystals. Microbial life trapped hundreds o… [+2389 chars]
After releasing the sharpest image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, scientists at the EHT (Event Horizon Telescope) will now focus on making new observat… [+1613 chars]
Illumination maps of the lunar South Pole. The shades of gray depict the amount of sunlight received ... [+] during 2024. The floors of many of the craters receive no sunlight at all they're permanen… [+3104 chars]
When the Solar Orbiter spacecraft made its closest flyby of the sun to date in March this year, it scooped up vast amounts of data from which we can learn about our star. The European Space Agency, w… [+2396 chars]
Researchers at West Virginia University have been able to identify tiny remnants of prokaryotic and eukaryotic life trapped in 830 million year old halite crystals. Microbial life trapped hundreds o… [+2389 chars]
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique can be used to change genetic coding with great precision, and its uses include curing disease and fixing genetic faults. Now it's been used to change animal be… [+3147 chars]
Illumination maps of the lunar South Pole. The shades of gray depict the amount of sunlight received ... [+] during 2024. The floors of many of the craters receive no sunlight at all they're permanen… [+3104 chars]
By Andrew Gunn for The Conversation What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on Pluto, or Saturns moon Titan? This curiosity has driven advances in spa… [+5039 chars]
A tooth unearthed from a remote cave in Laos is helping to sketch an unknown chapter in the human story. Researchers believe the tooth belonged to a young female who lived at least 130,000 years ago… [+5709 chars]
WASHINGTON NASA is gearing up to perform another practice countdown of the Space Launch System in mid-June as it completes repairs to the vehicle from previous tests. NASA said May 20 it expects to… [+2423 chars]
ByColumbia University Quantum InitiativeMay 21, 2022 Spintronic computing artistic concept illustration. Columbia University Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in New … [+5463 chars]
Asian elephants, like their African cousins, seem to mourn their dead, sometimes even carrying their lost infants in their trunks for days or weeks, new research finds. Whether elephants understa… [+5180 chars]
