A sunspot pointing toward Earth has the potential to cause solar flares, but experts told USA TODAY it's far from unusual and eased concerns over how flares would affect the Blue Planet. Active Regi… [+4034 chars]
An explosion on Jupiter, with a force equivalent to 2 million tons of TNT, triggered the biggest flash recorded from Earth on the gas giant in the last 28 years. The phenomenon was caused by the impa… [+1736 chars]
Rice University graduate student Kang-Jie (Harry) Bian sets up light-sensitive molecules for an experiment in the lab of chemist Julian West. Bian is lead author of a study inspired by natural proces… [+5049 chars]
iStockphoto <ul><li>NASA’s Perseverance Rover photographed a rock precariously balanced atop another boulder on Mars.</li><li>This, and other photos by the Rover, have led to a heated debate about h… [+3470 chars]
Already a national park and historical site, the Mikmaqs sacred ancestral land Kejimkujik is now immortalized in space. The International Astronomical Union recently named the asteroid located betwe… [+1293 chars]
Deep in the human gut, myriad “good” bacteria and other microbes help us digest our food, as well as keep us healthy by affecting our immune, metabolic, and nervous systems. Some of these humble micr… [+5655 chars]
A recent test to show the capabilities of the Northrop Grummans Cygnus NG CRS-17 spacecraft to maneuver the International Space Station (ISS) did not go as planned. The vehicle was supposed to fire f… [+1792 chars]
For the past year, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been traveling through a transition zone from a clay-rich region to one filled with a salty mineral called sulfate. While the science team targeted … [+4823 chars]
Specialists of the DART mission chose the brightest star in the constellation Lyra to test the operation of the camera of the device.< /p> The team on Earth that controls the DART spacecraft d… [+2861 chars]
How hard can insects bite? Having a strong chewing apparatus makes it easier to crush harder food and to succeed in fights with enemies. Biologists at the University of Bonn now present a mobile syst… [+4474 chars]
A comet first spotted in the distance in 2017 might finally be within view soon of amateur astronomers. Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), called K2 for short, was then the farthest active comet ever spot… [+2559 chars]
In a project aimed at developing intelligent tools to fight child exploitation, University of Groningen computer scientists have developed a system to analyse the noise produced by individual camer… [+4233 chars]
