Fifty years after it was launched to Venus by the Soviets, a probe could crash on Earth after failing to get out of the planet's orbit. The probe dubbed Kosmos 482, renamed after it failed post-launc… [+3668 chars]
DNA fingerprints left behind by sea turtles offer scientists a simple, powerful way of tracking the health and whereabouts of these endangered animals, a key step forward in their conservation. A st… [+6411 chars]
Two different waves with the same frequency and wavelengths can be coupled, so that the amplitude alternates periodically between the two to form a phenomenon known as a coherent beating oscillation.… [+9207 chars]
The common phenomenon that we usually find happening on the surface with most iron objects is now being reported for inside the Earth! Rust - the common process that destroys iron is now impacting th… [+2444 chars]
After several delays regarding the environmental review of SpaceX's Starship rocket program in Texas, the company is optimistic they are going to receive a piece of good news from the Federal Aviatio… [+3290 chars]
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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]
Floquet topological insulators are materials with topological phases that originate from tailored time-dependent perturbations of their crystal structure. These materials have been proved to feature … [+5651 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]
Video On Friday NASA released footage of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flying further and faster than ever before. The film recorded during Ingenuity's 25th flight on April 8 when it flew 704 meters… [+2979 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]
Darwin's theory of evolution probably isn't the full explanation for the emergence of life. Even in a barren environment conducive to fierce competition, cooperation between molecular networks may ha… [+4015 chars]