Science & Exploration08/06/2022447 views22 likes This scarred and colourful (by martian standards!) landscape shows part of Aonia Terra, an upland region in the southern highlands of Mars. The i… [+3020 chars]
In August 2012, the Curiosity rover landed in the Gale Crater on Mars and began exploring the surface for indications of past life. The rover made some profound discoveries during that time, includin… [+3962 chars]
As electronic, thermoelectric and computer technologies have been miniaturized to nanometer scale, engineers have faced a challenge studying fundamental properties of the materials involved; in many … [+5084 chars]
<li>Kimura, M. Genetic variability maintained in a finite population due to mutational production of neutral and nearly neutral isoalleles. Genet Res11, 247269 (1968). CAS PubMed Article Goo… [+12483 chars]
The SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle has been so reliable we rarely have reason to report on it anymore, but the spacecraft has suffered a rare failure that will delay a planned resupply mission. Accordin… [+2136 chars]
One of my readers recently wrote and asked me why the constellations in the night sky are not in exactly the same spot in the sky at the same time from night to night, and why their presence in the n… [+5687 chars]
The Universe is full of massive galaxies like ours, but astronomers don’t fully understand how they grew and evolved. They know that the first galaxies formed at least as early as 670 million years a… [+5366 chars]
When Nasa placed a $278mn contract with an upstart rocket company in 2006, it may not have realised that it was about to revolutionise space flight. But this was the contract that helped Elon Musk’s … [+4443 chars]
