Finding forming planets is a tough but important job for astronomers: Only three planets have ever been discovered caught in the process of forming, and the most recent of these was found just weeks … [+5453 chars]
FLRT receptors function as “context recognizers” that control the formation of different signaling complexes to regulate brain development. Until now, research has focused on the extracellular domain… [+1579 chars]
Despite its prominent position in the night sky, Moon is a desolate landscape. The surface of Earth's only satellite appears mottled with great many impacts from space rocks. But there is water on Mo… [+1098 chars]
Enabling & Support16/06/20222135 views32 likes ESAs new medium-lift Vega-C rocket is nearly ready for its inaugural flight, with its four fully-stacked stages now ready for payload integration, … [+3686 chars]
While examining a stellar nursery, astronomers found something peculiar: a binary star system that may have formed when a wandering star fell into the gravity of its partner. The stellar nursery L48… [+2092 chars]
When you think about precious crown jewels, a 400-year-old gallstone is probably not what springs to mind! However, a team of scientists have found something very valuable inside calcified balls ext… [+6493 chars]
Astronomers studying the structure of the Milky Way galaxy have released the highest-resolution 3D view of the Orion star-forming region. The image and interactive figure were presented today at a pr… [+5295 chars]
The mission, known as CRS-25, will bring a robotic SpaceX Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. CRS-25 was initially scheduled to launch on June 10. Still… [+1221 chars]
The next time you look up at a bright full moon, think about this: No one knows, precisely, where the moon came from. We have no idea why the moon is here, science writer Rebecca Boyle says on Unex… [+9119 chars]
Electrons are some of the most basic building components of matter that we are familiar with. They have several distinguishing characteristics, including a negative charge and the existence of an exa… [+4587 chars]
The next time you look up at a bright full moon, think about this: No one knows, precisely, where the moon came from. We have no idea why the moon is here, science writer Rebecca Boyle says on Unex… [+9119 chars]
A fiery type of alien world called a hot Jupiter can enter a tilted orbit relative to its parent star, and a new study could help puzzled researchers get to the bottom of why. In March, NASA annou… [+4692 chars]
