There are a lot of asteroids in the news lately, but the asteroid has been gaining considerable notice since its discovery in 2004. The asteroid, which is more than 1,100 feet (about 340 meters) acro… [+7583 chars]
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been hit by a micrometeoroid, which has damaged one of ... [+] the 18 beryllium-gold segments that makes up its main 6.5-meter mirror. getty NASAs James… [+3021 chars]
Blockchain subsidiary TBD has announced plans to create a new decentralized network based on Bitcoin (BTC), highlighting founder Jack Dorsey’s belief that the largest blockchain network will play an … [+2035 chars]
Figure 1 shows the MAXWELL instrument and the resolution estimate. The high z-resolution of MAXWELL is possible because of the short wavelengths of X-rays. However, it requires a high-performance X-r… [+13921 chars]
<li>Bao, M. et al. Assessing the risk of an emerging zoonosis of worldwide concern: Anisakiasis. Sci. Rep.7, 43699. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43699 (2017). ADS Article PubMed PubMed Centr… [+15890 chars]
Antarctica is dominated by ice, mainly two massive glacial ice sheets called the East and West Antarctic Ice Sheets. Unsurprisingly, these ice sheets have been losing mass in recent years. Two glacie… [+2401 chars]
<li>Zhang, X. X. et al. Survey of Fusarium spp. causing wheat crown rot in major winter wheat growing regions of China. Plant Dis.99, 16101615. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-04-14-0422-re (2015). CAS… [+19164 chars]
Galactic collisions are among the most spectacular events in the cosmos. Collisions between galaxies are commonplace among galaxies that coexist in the same cluster. The gravitational attraction betw… [+3191 chars]
The full moon of June will shine bright next week, but if bad weather clouds your view, don't fret. You'll be able to see the Full Strawberry Moon in a live webcast for free. The Virtual Telescope … [+2974 chars]
Photo credit: Pogrebnoj-Alexandroff, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Have you ever heard of the lateral line? No, its not a football play. Its a sense organ shared by most fish, from sharks to… [+7478 chars]
The connecting of two "time crystals" in a superfluid of helium-3 barely one-ten-thousandth of a degree above absolute zero could be a huge step toward a new kind of quantum computer. Time crystals … [+5050 chars]
A comet exploded in 2007 in space, causing the biggest detonation in astronomical history. The remains of this comet called 17P/Holmes have been floating through space. This year, Earthlings will be … [+2738 chars]
