What is a solar system? A solar system is essentially a star orbited by one or more planets bound to it by its gravitational pull. Our solar system is home to eight planets, several dwarf planets, ov… [+6612 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]
NASA has released a video captured by the black-and-white navigation camera on board its Mars helicopter, Ingenuity. The video records the 25th flight of Ingenuity, which is the first probe to execut… [+1870 chars]
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]
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]
Washington: After halting Artemis 1 moon rocket’s “wet dress rehearsal” several times, NASA now targets to attempt the crucial fuelling test of its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket on June 19. N… [+2318 chars]
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It's possible that an unusually active meteor shower will occur tonight, but it's also possible that it won't. According to research from Western University in Ontario, Canada, the next Tau Herculids… [+1944 chars]
During heavy storms, the normally stratified layers of water in ocean fjords get mixed, which leads to oxygenation of the fjord floor. But these storm events also result in a spike in methane emissio… [+4140 chars]
Astronomers have uncovered the first solid evidence that merger events between black holes can deliver a "kick" powerful enough to send a black hole spinning out of its galaxy. The team, which inclu… [+6025 chars]
Olfactory receptors, present on the surface of sensory neurons in the nasal cavity, recognize odorant molecules and relay this information to the brain. How do these neurons manage to detect a large … [+4956 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]
