On June 7, at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in the forested mountain outside San Diego, members of the Pauma band of indigenous peoples gathered to celebrate the naming of the first known asteroid to… [+4777 chars]
Glaciers in Antarctica are now losing ice at the fastest rate in 5,500 years, a study has found.Antarctica has two huge ice masses: the East and West Antarctic Ice Sheets that feed many glaciers, and… [+2431 chars]
The 24th Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, also encompassing space information sciences, took place this week in Nice. Thales Alenia Space was one of the ev… [+6170 chars]
A unique telescope that focuses light with a slowly spinning bowl of liquid mercury instead of a solid mirror has opened its eye to the skies above India. Such telescopes have been built before, but … [+5410 chars]
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is about to start its spectacular journey of space exploration. As the world awaits the first images captured by the most powerful space telescope to ever e… [+3019 chars]
The 24th Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, also encompassing space information sciences, took place this week in Nice. Thales Alenia Space was one of the ev… [+6170 chars]
Marine cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are major contributors to the global carbon cycle and are the basis of the food web in many of the worlds oceans. They only require sunlight, carbon dioxide, p… [+3291 chars]
After a quiet spell, we are going to witness the largest asteroid flyby of the month of June. According to NASA, a 270-feet wide asteroid will be making its closest approach to the Earth tomorrow, Ju… [+2275 chars]
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is about to start its spectacular journey of space exploration. As the world awaits the first images captured by the most powerful space telescope to ever e… [+3019 chars]
Ingenuity, NASAs autonomous Mars helicopter, was only meant to complete five flights. But since its history-making first flight in April 2021, the helicopter has flown 28 times, and preparation is un… [+3626 chars]
behavior: The way something, often a person or other organism, acts towards others, or conducts itself. biologist: A scientist involved in the study of living things. carnivore: An animal that eith… [+2328 chars]
The oldest 'belly button' known to science has been found on an exquisitely preserved horned dinosaur fossil from China. The slit-like scar comes not from an umbilical cord, as it does in mammals, b… [+3438 chars]
