A photographer captured a 286-megapixel image of the sun during the most intense period of solar activity in decades. The image shows huge fireballs rotating on the surface of the Sun, and it can be… [+7221 chars]
Boeing's Starliner capsule will get a thorough going-over now that it's back on Earth. Starliner launched on May 19, kicking off a crucial uncrewed demonstration mission to the International Space … [+4033 chars]
NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of two spiral galaxies, which are collectively known as Arp 303. Individually, they are called IC 563 (bottom) and IC 564 (top) are more than 275 mill… [+1365 chars]
Estimated reading time 3 minutes, 35 seconds. Imagery has come down from Mars capturing a recent flight in which the rotorcraft flew farther and faster than ever before. The first frame of the vid… [+2458 chars]
A brand-new meteor shower could light up tonight's Memorial Day holiday sky on Monday and Tuesday (May 30-31) or it may be a big bust. But either way, you'll be able to watch it live online. Called… [+3801 chars]
(Left) A sketch of the experimental cell used to controllably destroy the superfluidity and image an accompanying quantum vortex tangle. The quasiparticle source (blackbody radiator, BBR) illuminates… [+4121 chars]
Kepler-452b (sometimes nicknamed Earth 2.0 or Earth's Cousin) is an exoplanet orbiting the Sun-like ... [+] star Kepler-452 about 1, 400 light-years (430 pc) from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. I… [+6833 chars]
While the idea of living on Mars may sound like the plot of the latest science fiction blockbuster, firms including NASA and SpaceX are seriously considering it as a possibility. Several challenges… [+13452 chars]
Researchers have succeeded in producing a coating material that can be written on using UV light and the writing erased again using oxygen. Changes to rewritable paper could help reduce paper waste i… [+3348 chars]
The discoveries of exoplanets in recent years have been absolutely extraordinary, and they could relatively soon be reached by our technology. At Cape Canaveral in Florida, on April 18, 2018 at 6:51p… [+13169 chars]
<li>Chipman, A. D. et al. The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima. PLoS Biol.12, e1002005 (2014). P… [+19169 chars]
Researchers have developed a low-cost gel film that can pull water from the air in even dry climates like the desert. More than a third of the worlds population lives in drylands, areas that experie… [+4203 chars]
