Mud and sponges probably dont feature highly on most scuba divers bucket lists. But scientist and explorer Professor Brian Murphy, based at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has his sights set o… [+10343 chars]
Scientists say convergent evolution is much more common than previously thought.An evolutionary tree, or phylogenetic tree, is a branching diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among various… [+4678 chars]
Scientists have produced the first genetic map of chimpanzees in the wild, offering a detailed reconstruction of the endangered species' past migrations, and a new tool to combat illegal trafficking.… [+4053 chars]
Way back in the late 1980s, the Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Uranus and Neptune. During the flybys, we got to see the first close-up views of those ice giants. Even then, planetary scientists notic… [+5795 chars]
“We have found a giant, exceptional relic of a disrupted galaxy,” says observational astronomer Noah Brosch at The Florence and George Wise Observatory at Tel Aviv University, about the 2018 discove… [+3442 chars]
Gigantic asteroids have smashed into the Earth beforeRIP dinosaursand if were not watching out for all those errant space rocks, they could crash into our world again, with devastating consequences. … [+3005 chars]
ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryJune 5, 2022 If a large asteroid struck the Earth, it could have devastating consequences. Over 100 participants from 18 countries including NASA Established in 1958, th… [+11770 chars]
ByUniversity of Colorado at BoulderJune 5, 2022 The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity published in 1905 and general relativity… [+6998 chars]
When Juno reached that point just 2,050 miles above the surface of Jupiter's atmosphere, it was traveling at 131,000 miles per hour. In a post, NASA provided comparisons to contextualize what an incr… [+758 chars]
This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Thursday morning by subscribing here. A… [+7250 chars]
ByNASAJune 5, 2022 The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. It covers longer w… [+4430 chars]
Stargazers across the world will be able to witness a rare celestial treat through the month of June, according to Sky & Telescope. Just before the sun rises, five planets will align in the night… [+1688 chars]
