For the first time since its discovery 130 years ago, one of the most enigmatic fossil vertebrates has been identified, expanding our understanding of the Earth's earliest crawlers. "Since its disco… [+3498 chars]
NASA plans to take another crack at a crucial fueling test of its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket on June 19. SLS will make its debut on the upcoming Artemis 1 mission, which will send an unc… [+4611 chars]
Photo by Rick Rothenberg on Unsplash If our theory holds, with the velocity of a particle traveling at 211985280 m/s, in a centrifuge with a radius of 423970560 meters, we should be able to fuse two… [+237 chars]
Enlarge/ Alpine chipmunks collected by pioneering naturalist Joseph Grinnell in the early 20th century are still preserved at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkele… [+10711 chars]
Artist impression of gate operations on logical quantum bits, that are protected from faults by means of quantum error correction. Credit: Johannes Knünz Fundamental Building Blocks for Fault-Tolera… [+4573 chars]
These massive plasma clouds may disrupt electrical systems and satellites, but they can also produce spectacular aurora displays. CMEs Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are enormous plasma and magnetic… [+5985 chars]
Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, it is now almost 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth in interstellar sp… [+5845 chars]
Solar wind carries the Sun’s Magnetic field lines. This magnetic field bend after collision with Mercury- breaking bent lines and meeting with those of Mercury in an event called magnetic reconnectio… [+1471 chars]
A navigation system glitch that struck NASA's MAVEN orbiter at Mars earlier this year has hobbled the spacecraft's ability to conduct science and study the Red Planet's atmosphere. The MAVEN spacecr… [+3029 chars]
Scientists recently discovered something about male mice that's utterly bananas: The distinctive scent of a banana stresses them out. Researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, learned … [+3449 chars]
Brian Cox would like you to consider the very nature of the space-time continuum and our place within it. That might seem like a big lift, so the world-renowned physicist is here to walk you through… [+3744 chars]
Scientists at NASA have elucidated a timeline of human missions to space. According to space scientists, human beings have already conquered the moon, which is also the closest celestial body to Eart… [+2368 chars]
