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]
Whether you’re a regular gym-goer with muscle-building constantly on the mind, or a fitness-tracker buff with eyes set firmly on that daily 10,000, you’ll surely have thought, does walking build musc… [+6365 chars]
A single amorous Neanderthal may be to blame for transmitting a genetic quirk to up to a million people who died from Covid. To date, worldwide, around 6.3 million people have died from the coronav… [+6079 chars]
This scorned lover is forever scarred. Torz Reynolds, a 35-year-old tattoo and body-modification addict, drastically cut off a chunk of her own arm where her then-boyfriend’s name was tattooed after… [+3378 chars]
Thousands of mysterious viruses that were recently discovered lurking in the world's oceans may exert huge influence over the ecosystems, in part by "reprogramming" the hosts they infect, scientists … [+6302 chars]
BySRON Netherlands Institute for Space ResearchJune 9, 2022 A multitude of swirling clouds in Jupiters dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASAs Juno spacecraft. Credit… [+5576 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]
NASA has announced it will begin a study of UFOs a subject that has long fascinated the public as part of a new push towards high-risk, high-impact science. The United States space agency said on Th… [+2443 chars]
After a six-year journey, a plucky spacecraft called Hayabusa2 zinged back into Earth's atmosphere in late 2020 and landed deep in the Australian outback. When researchers from the Japanese space age… [+7520 chars]
As rugged, wrist-worn tools, watches have a long history of accompanying adventurers and trailblazers to some of the most unforgiving places on the planet. Over the decades, watches have joined explo… [+12893 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]
Plastic waste is so ubiquitous that particles of it have been detected in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and even our blood. Human consumption and disposal of plastic products has also polluted… [+4182 chars]
