After four years of digging for fossils in a churchyard in York, Pennsylvania, amateur paleontologist Chris Haefner made an intriguing find. I knew it was worth keeping, he said. He posted his discov… [+5967 chars]
We have a glimpse now of NASA's latest vision for its first crewed Mars mission. The agency released (opens in new tab) its top objectives for a 30-day, two-person Mars surface mission on Tuesday (M… [+3141 chars]
NASA has shared the final self-portrait that will be taken by the InSight Mars lander, showing dust-caked solar panels that blend into the surrounding regolith. The InSight mission is expected to end… [+2376 chars]
Crystal structure Single-crystal XRD analysis of [NH3(CH2)3NH3]CuBr4 was performed at 298 K. The structure, lattice constants, and space group of this crystal were monoclinic, with a = 8.052 ± 0.009… [+9669 chars]
A laser pulse that sidesteps the inherent symmetry of light waves could manipulate quantum information, potentially bringing us closer to room temperature quantum computing.The study, led by research… [+4656 chars]
image: A Letter-winged kite flying at daylight. Photo: Michael Jury (www.mykelphotography.com.au)view more Credit: Michael Jury (www.mykelphotography.com.au) The world’s only nocturnal hawk – Aust… [+4052 chars]
Observations of a young binary star system have led astronomers to new insights into how planets might form. In a system with two or more stars, planetary disks are cyclically sloshed about by the co… [+2494 chars]
Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission. Fission is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, yet Hahn considered something else to be his best sci… [+7305 chars]
With Phase B1 now underway, the detailed mission design and final technology development activities for the gravitational wave observatory are due to be completed by 2024, with launch planned for the… [+2073 chars]
Enlarge/ Planetary scientist Paul Byrne created this compilation of NASA images showing the InSight spacecraft on its 10th day on Mars, and the lander 1,201 days later. 57 with 37 posters participa… [+2640 chars]
It might be hard to fathom now, but the human exploration of the solar system isn't going to stop at the moon and Mars. Eventually, our descendants will spread throughout the solar systemfor those in… [+4357 chars]
A pulsar is a special kind of neutron star , which is the ultra-dense leftover core of a massive star. Pulsars emit beams of radiation that sweep out in circles as the pulsar spins. When those bea… [+9171 chars]
