ByAnne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJune 4, 2022 MIT chemists have designed a new type of photoredox catalyst that could make it easier to incorporate light-driven reactions into co… [+7352 chars]
NASAs DAVINCI mission to Venus is scheduled for launch in 2029. A new paper details this upcoming journey, a daring mission that could shed new light on the scorching hot planets mysterious, and pote… [+6016 chars]
Could space-time crystals be more than a scientific curiosity? Researchers believe that they can be used in practice. They have just created a dual system that could be useful in quantum computing. … [+111 chars]
A long-running NASA rover imaged twisted Red Planet rock pillars. The Curiosity rover spotted (opens in new tab) the sinewy rocks on May 15, according to raw images the mission sends down to Earth. … [+2884 chars]
Astronauts have been venturing into space for 61 years to unlock the human potential for exploration. But the floating freedom offered by a lack of gravity also presents a number of limits when it c… [+7060 chars]
NASA has announced the date when the first full-color images from the new James Webb Space Telescope will be released. Along with ESA (European Space Agency), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and the… [+2360 chars]
An artist’s rendering of the early solar system, featuring the proto-Sun, newly forming planets, and circumstellar disk. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC) Billions of years ago, when the Sun wa… [+3203 chars]
Scientists have discovered that an ultra-reactive chemical in Earth’s atmosphere lasts much longer than we previously believed. In fact, they believe that millions of tons of the chemical could linge… [+2534 chars]
Scientists have spotted unusual radio waves about 1,300 light-years from Earth. This strange pulse is being emitted from a neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation every … [+2506 chars]
The Croods tells the story of a prehistoric family just trying to survive in a world which is still almost entirely wild. While the family spends most of their time stuck in their cave at the behest … [+4180 chars]
Just a week after a giant asteroid, much bigger than the tallest building in the World, Burj-Khalifa, passed near Earth, there is another one that will make a close pass soon. According to NASA, a gi… [+1669 chars]
Artist’s impression of a giant galaxy with a high-energy jet. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) Astronomers have just discovered an unknown structure in a galaxy that is hidden in the “shadows”. They acc… [+7093 chars]
