An asteroid -- the largest to get close to Earth this year -- tumbled past the planet Friday. According to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies, the "potentially hazardous" asteroid is 1.1 mi… [+621 chars]
An underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean has begun to erupt, NASA images show. Living there: Sharks that can withstand extreme temperatures. Off the coast of the Solomon Islands, about 950 miles n… [+2442 chars]
image: Photos taken before and after the hurricane demonstrate the resilience of the microbial mats.view more Credit: Johns Hopkins University After sustaining seemingly catastrophic hurricane dam… [+3428 chars]
SYDNEY: For the past ten years, NASA's Curiosity rover has been trundling around the surface of Mars, taking photos in its quest to understand the history and geology of the red planet and perhaps ev… [+4199 chars]
Satellite images from NASA have captured the underwater eruption of the Kavachi Volcano in the Pacific Ocean's Solomon Islands. One of the most active submarine volcanoes in the ocean, scientists fo… [+1810 chars]
During heavy storms, the normally stratified layers of water in ocean fjords get mixed, which leads to oxygenation of the fjord floor. But these storm events also result in a spike in methane emissio… [+4722 chars]
Newswise — Tsukuba, Japan—Many people may not realize that the humble sea urchin is a titan when it comes to the study of biology. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered that sea urchins could h… [+2431 chars]
Donors investing in advancing Astrodynamics Platform to Discover Asteroids SAN FRANCISCO, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The B612 Foundation announced today a new $1 million matching challenge grant… [+5527 chars]
Without a question of doubt, the term "meteor shower" is a misnomer. It creates a mental picture of shooting stars pouring out of the sky like water from a sprinkler, but that is simply not the case.… [+12379 chars]
Writing in the journal Materials, a team of scientists from China has reported the use of neural networks for modeling hyperelastic material structures to identify material parameters. The authors ha… [+6194 chars]
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics No object in the solar system experiences the Suns solar wind more powerfully than Mercury. The planets magnetic field deflects the Suns stream… [+2749 chars]
Biological arms races are commonplace in nature. Cheetahs, for example, have evolved a sleek body form that lends itself to rapid running, enabling them to feast upon similarly speedy gazelles, the f… [+9625 chars]
