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]
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]
The wandering salamander, Aneides vagrans, is about 4 inches long and lives its entire life in the crowns of redwood trees more than 150 feet above the ground. Researchers discovered that it has adap… [+4658 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]
For the first time in history, earthlings can hear what a black hole sounds like: a low-pitched groaning, as if a very creaky heavy door was being opened again and again. NASA released a 35-second a… [+3093 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]
Iceberg A-68A thickness. 2017 2021. Researchers recently chronicled the death throes of A-68A, one of the worlds largest-known icebergs. As soon as an iceberg is born it starts to die. Waves chip a… [+3460 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]
The universes expansion rate is accelerating. The unknown energy source causing this acceleration is called Dark Energy. Credit: Visualization by Frank Summers, Space Telescope Science Institute. Sim… [+1978 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]
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]
ByInstitute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya UniversityMay 28, 2022 A new synthesis method creates a belt-shaped molecular nanocarbon with a twisted Möbius band topology, i.e., a Möbiu… [+4410 chars]
