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]
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]
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]
To learn more, scientists turned off Avpr1a, a receptor in the brain that interacts with vasopressin.The rats were supposed to grow friendlier now that they were immune to the hormone. The consequen… [+860 chars]
ByMartin Greenwald, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion CenterJune 4, 2022 Visualization of filamentary seed magnetic fields emerging from large-scale motions of unmagnetized plasma in a first-principles … [+9356 chars]
At long last: the crystal structure of three layers of -graphyne. (Courtesy: Yiming Hu) Two new processes for producing different types of graphyne a 2D allotrope of carbon that includes triple bond… [+6674 chars]
ByAustralian National UniversityJune 4, 2022 Animation showing an artists rendition of Mars interior structure. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Spac… [+5927 chars]
Widely believed by astronomers, the principle of mediocrity states that the properties and evolution of the solar system are not unusual in any important way. New research from CU Boulder- led by CU … [+3033 chars]
The sounds of sloshing lava are music to a volcanologist's ears. The reverberating belches and burps can help reveal what's going on deep within a volcano's belly. Putting an ear to the Klauea volca… [+3606 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]
Massive eruption of Tonga volcano provides an explosion of data on atmospheric waves Just before nightfall reached Tonga, the Hunga eruption sent atmospheric waves around the globe. Credit: Jean-Mar… [+2329 chars]