Measuring the expansion rate of the universe was one of the Hubble Space Telescope's main goals when it was launched in 1990. Over the past 30 years, the space observatory has helped scientists disc… [+4830 chars]
LONG BEACH, Calif. The launch of a NASA mission to the asteroid Psyche has been delayed at least a month and a half because of a problem with the spacecrafts software, the agency confirmed May 23. I… [+2486 chars]
Mustelids are the most ecologically and taxonomically diverse family within the order Carnivora. From the tayra in the neotropics to the wolverine in the subarctic, they inhabit a variety of ecologic… [+4867 chars]
Jupiter planet and satellite Ganymede in the outer space. 3d render getty The troughs that dominate the surface of the solar systems largest moon Ganymede may have been caused by a collision with a… [+2284 chars]
Mustelids are the most ecologically and taxonomically diverse family within the order Carnivora. From the tayra in the neotropics to the wolverine in the subarctic, they inhabit a variety of ecologic… [+4117 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]
Researchers at TU Wien have developed a novel method that is suitable for the mechanical tensile testing of micro and nanofibers. The special feature: Samples can be reversibly coupled to and uncoupl… [+4805 chars]
Why are Ediacaran fossils so important?Apart from the incredible luck of them actually being found, these fossils represent one of the most important steps in the evolution of life on this planet. As… [+10826 chars]
These very words may have flown through an undersea cable before reaching your eyeballs. Hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optics crisscross the worlds oceans, shuttling emails, Netflix shows, … [+2433 chars]
In a 2018 study, Carell and his team reported that the classic nucleotides and the noncanonical nucleotides likely all evolved at the same time before the dawn of life. Some of those in transfer and … [+4348 chars]
NASA's next-generation space observatory successfully watched a moving asteroid as the telescope inches towards the end of its six-month commissioning period. The successful tracking of a nearby obj… [+4282 chars]
Olfactory exposure to late-pregnant and lactating mice produces analgesia in male but not female mice in the radiant heat paw-withdrawal test. (A and B) Latency to hind paw-withdrawal (s) from radian… [+3618 chars]
