ByNASAMay 25, 2022 Diffractive solar sails, depicted in this conceptual illustration, could enable missions to hard-to-reach places, like orbits over the Suns poles. Credit: MacKenzi Martin As NASA… [+5274 chars]
Stars tend to form in clusters or groups of between ten and several thousand stars that share the same age and composition, although in different evolutionary phases. Among the clusters in the Milky … [+5063 chars]
NASA: "Youve heard of sharknado, now get ready for sharkcano." Sharkcanos Revenge As if we needed anything else to worry about, a Pacific underwater volcano thats home to a bunch of sharks has erup… [+1684 chars]
Earth's interior is a far from quiet place. Deep below our surface activities, the planet rumbles with activity, from plate tectonics to convection currents that circulate through the hot magmatic fl… [+3598 chars]
InSight's Final Selfie. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's InSight Mars lander has sent back its last selfie of its dust-covered solar panels and deck, in an image taken on its 1,211th 'sol' or Martian… [+3760 chars]
The ISS is a research platform born from a foreign policy initiative to improve US-Russian relations Most people are used to not answering calls from unknown numbers but user EmpatheticApatheist on … [+1785 chars]
Whether its Elvis on your potato chip or George Washington as a McNugget, humans are extremely good at spotting human-like faces where there shouldnt be any. Ever thought a three-point plug looks… [+6429 chars]
Tree hyraxes are medium-sized mammals living in the canopies of tropical forests. They are shy and only move at night, which is why next to nothing has been known about their living habits or behavio… [+3044 chars]
The early solar system was more chaotic than previously thought, according to a new, more precise reconstruction of the early history of several asteroids. Before the Earth and other planets formed,… [+4729 chars]
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The US and Japan agreed to work to put the first Japanese astronaut on the moon, accompanied by an American astronaut, as the longtime allies develop a partnership aimed at countering China. The two… [+3920 chars]
Researchers say the material has promising applications, such as advanced electronics and high-capacity batteries. Tulane Universitys School of Science and Engineering has created a new family of tw… [+3113 chars]
