Utilizing tools for purposes they werent initially intended for is a strength of the astronomical community. Scrounging through data collected for one purpose and looking for hints of another seems t… [+3958 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]
Take a good look at the latest image provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. It shows a huge elliptical galaxy called NGC 474 that lies about 100 million light-years away from us. At about two-and-… [+4226 chars]
Amateur asteroid hunters are still quite active these days. But not like in the older days. When you say amateur asteroid hunters, these are individuals-not connected with NASA or other giant spac… [+2867 chars]
A new warp speed experiment could finally offer an indirect test of famed physicist Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction about black holes. The new proposal suggests that, by nudging an atom t… [+6429 chars]
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has captured the world’s affection with its explorations of Mars which have been far more successful than even the most optimistic predictions. But after 28 flights, the h… [+3001 chars]
Hummingbirds may face extinction as a result of global warming, Newsweek reports on a new study. Scientists predict that the avian species will have to migrate north in search of cooler climates or p… [+3730 chars]
Achieving a fusion power plant requires plasma confinement of more than 100 million degrees Celsius in a magnetic field. Plus, it should maintain this state for a long. Using measuring instruments d… [+3008 chars]
Scientists are set to crack open an 830-million-year-old rock salt crystal, which is said to contain ancient microorganisms that may still be alive. The discovery of the ancient crystal was first an… [+2870 chars]
A study on the Super-Earth titled "A Super-Earth Orbiting Near the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone around the M4.5-dwarf Ross 508" has been accepted for publication in the journal Publications of th… [+1461 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]
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]
