This visualization shows the orbits for scores of newly identified asteroids as green arcs. (B612 Asteroid Institute / UW Dirac Institute / OpenSpace Project) Astronomers have used a cloud-based tec… [+5341 chars]
For decades, paleobotanist David Greenwood has collected fossil plants from Australia -- some so well preserved it's hard to believe they're millions of years old. These fossils hold details about th… [+5196 chars]
Tokyo, May 31 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese team said Tuesday that it has used weather satellite images to look into the cause of the recent dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the Orion const… [+890 chars]
Animals possess circadian clocks, or 24-hour oscillators, to regulate daily behavior. These typically take their cues from the periodic change of sunlight and darkness. However, many animals are also… [+3680 chars]
One of the most tedious, daunting tasks for undergraduate assistants in university research labs involves looking hours on end through a microscope at samples of material, trying to find monolayers.T… [+3434 chars]
According to experts, we may see the first landing of astronauts on an asteroid real soon. NEOs The ways near-Earth objects (NEOs) on a probable collision trajectory with Earth may be steered away,… [+4080 chars]
Research is studying a binary star system 1,000 light-years away to look for habitable planets and, as have discovered, habitable planets could in fact exist. These planets, however, could be very di… [+3142 chars]
You're swimming before sunrise and it's dark. The only thing you can see are the stars and the dazzling bright lights of Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. You can't see below your floating body and st… [+237 chars]
A "meteor shower" which lit up the skies over northern Western Australia earlier this week was actually the wreckage of a Chinese rocket falling out of orbit. Key points: <ul><li>Streaks of light l… [+5280 chars]
Most 3D printing methods currently in use rely either on photo (light)- or thermo (heat)-activated reactions to achieve precise manipulation of polymers. The development of a new platform technology … [+3725 chars]
A treasure trove of data is set to answer some big questions about our galaxy. The data, compiled by the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, contains an unprecedented amount of information about … [+10933 chars]
A "meteor shower" which lit up the skies over northern Western Australia earlier this week was actually the wreckage of a Chinese rocket falling out of orbit. Key points: <ul><li>Streaks of light l… [+5280 chars]
