While much of public attention on Yellowstone focuses on its potential to produce large supereruptions, the hazards that are much more likely to occur are smaller, violent hydrothermal explosions. Hy… [+4188 chars]
NASA astronaut Ed White is the first U.S. citizen to perform a spacewalk, which he did on June 3, 1965, only three months after Leonovs daring jaunt. The EVA, conducted during the Gemini 4 mission, s… [+1298 chars]
Ultrafast laser technologies provide new strategies for remote sensing of atmospheric pollutants and hazardous biochemical agents due to their unique advantages of high peak power, short pulse durati… [+3197 chars]
Pebble accretion is now a favored theory for how gas giant cores are made, and many astronomers argue it may be taking place in those ALMA images, allowing giant planets to form in the first few mill… [+6643 chars]
The partnership between NASA and SpaceX is poised to get even stronger, as the space agency recently announced its intention to purchase five additional Crew Dragon flights to the International Space… [+5426 chars]
ESA's Comet Interceptor mission to visit a pristine comet or other interstellar object just starting its journey into the inner solar system has been "adopted" this week; the study phase is complete … [+5987 chars]
Stem cells are essentially our body's raw materialscells that give rise to all other cells and tissues with specialized functions. The conversion into specific cells occurs through a process called "… [+4135 chars]
Fossilised bones discovered on a rocky seashore on England's Isle of Wight are the remains of a meat-eating dinosaur that may be larger than any other known from Europe, a beast that was a cousin of … [+3291 chars]
The microbiome of cryospheric ecosystems, the nearly 20% of Earth’s surface where water remains frozen for at least one month of the year, currently figures among the least understood microbiomes on … [+2159 chars]
A new study is providing an enhanced look at the intertwined evolutionary histories of polar bears and brown bears. Becoming separate species did not completely stop these animals from mating with e… [+6725 chars]
After Earth, Mars is the planet we all cant get enough of it seems. In terms of how readers respond to news about these celestial orbs, Id rank Jupiter third and Pluto (not even a planet!) fourth, … [+6592 chars]
ByMax-Planck-GesellschaftJune 9, 2022 Astronomers have finally resolved the conflict between the internal structure of the Sun as determined from solar oscillations and the structure derived from th… [+12416 chars]
