Scientists have detected a completely new type of magnetic wave that surges through Earth 's outer core every seven years, warping the strength of our planet's magnetic field in the process. The wa… [+3749 chars]
Here's an idea. Someday in the future, NASA sends four people on a mission to Mars. Two of them land on the surface and live in a pressurized rover while conducting science operations for 30 days. Th… [+2108 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… [+9410 chars]
Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands at White Sands Missile Ranges Space Harbor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico. Boeings Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is Starliners second uncrewed flig… [+2091 chars]
A unique duck-like line of megafauna known as the “demon ducks of doom” were the rightful mothers of giant prehistoric eggs in Australia, according to a new study that resolves a decades-old debate. … [+2681 chars]
After months of testing, an ASU-designed and -built instrument to measure the surface temperature of a moon of Jupiter has arrived at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. There it… [+7245 chars]
In a study published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, a mix of chemistry, nanomaterials, and artificial intelligence (AI) was used to produce a straightforward yet cryptographic… [+5568 chars]
Quantum communication technology could one day enable an ultra-secure quantum internet, but so far creating the linkages in such a large network has proven challenging. A breakthrough in the ability … [+4477 chars]
A Russian-Belorussian research team has developed a new tungsten oxidebased gas sensing material that shows high sensitivity to carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and acetone. The new material's gas s… [+2498 chars]
BySpace Telescope Science InstituteMay 27, 2022 Illustration showing what exoplanet 55 Cancri e could look like, based on current understanding of the planet. 55 Cancri e is a rocky planet with a di… [+11911 chars]
At the beginning of the 20th century the development of quantum mechanics and relativity changed the face of physics forever. While much has been written about this revolution, less is known about th… [+2021 chars]
The very tiny motion of a small star has revealed the presence of a super-Earth exoplanet, orbiting at a distance that is close to habitable. Around a faint red dwarf called Ross 508, located just 3… [+4269 chars]
