An artist's depiction of superclusters in the universe. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library) Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of… [+5510 chars]
Another spacecraft is close to joining the coveted list of machines to achieve successful human spaceflight following last week's launch and return of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule. While Boeing w… [+5484 chars]
Picture of the water-capturing film. Credit: University of Texas at Austin. Nearly one in three people lack access to safe drinking water, according to the WHO, and that number is only likely to gr… [+3206 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]
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]
The Klauea volcano in Hawaii is said to be the world's most active volcano, and yet we still don't really know how it was born. New research suggests the original womb of magma lies more than 90 kil… [+3308 chars]
ByUniversity of SurreyMay 29, 2022 Findings from a seven-year research project suggests that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devasting forms of brain cancer in a… [+3663 chars]
<li>Costa, A., Caricchi, L. & Bagdassarov, N. S. A model for the rheology of particle-bearing suspensions and partially molten rocks. Geochemistry, Geophys. Geosystems10, 113 (2009). Article G… [+13639 chars]
Enlarge/ A brown bear with two cubs looks out of its den in the woods under a large rock in winter. 8 with 6 posters participating Every spring, as days in the north stretch longer and melting snow… [+6024 chars]
ByESA/HubbleMay 30, 2022 Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7496, which lies over 24 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. L… [+2279 chars]
Using stretches of fibre optic cables as sensors could enable continuous, real-time monitoring of conditions at the bottom of oceans and seas, and below the planets surface, researchers say. Despite… [+2293 chars]
Humans arent the only living things in place onboard the ISS. Bacteria, which has found a way to integrate itself into every biome on Earth, has also found a home in the aseptic microgravity of the s… [+4266 chars]