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]
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Enlarge/ The genetic code. Note that a lot of the amino acids (the outer layer, in grey) are encoded by several sets of three-base codes that share the first two letters. 2 with 2 posters participat… [+4251 chars]
By Ashleigh Swan & Tom GerkenBBC Click Samantha Cristoforetti holds the record for longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut - but you may know her for another bit of history. … [+4700 chars]
An image of Perseverance's 'pet rock' stuck in the rover's front left wheel taken on May 26 using the rover's front-left Hazcam. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) (opens in new tab)Roaming Mars is a … [+3165 chars]
It's a distinctly human trait to believe the impossible is a puzzle waiting to be solved. We're driven to determine if "the truth is out there." If we just had all of the pieces, they might fit toge… [+5093 chars]
A software glitch has caused the delay of Psyche, a NASA mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid. Two small probes are being included in the launch, but the postponement means they might not be able… [+5061 chars]
In the summer of 2020, the world was enthralled with the Comet Neowise, which only makes an appearance every 6,800 years. Brennan Gilmore was so enthralled that it kicked off a passion for astrophoto… [+2018 chars]
Sometimes the discovery of new physics demands insane levels of energy. Big machines. Fancy equipment. Countless hours of sifting through reams of data. And then sometimes the right combination of m… [+3707 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]
