Astrophotographer Wright Dobbs captured this image of five bright visible planets lined up with the moon from Saint Cloud, Florida, just before dawn on June 24, 2022. The planets are (from left): Mer… [+3347 chars]
Scientists are a abuzz with anticipation for the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the biggest and most powerful infrared space-based telescope, which will be revealed in J… [+9313 chars]
On Sunday night, weird, spiralling light patterns in the night sky mystified and amazed New Zealand astronomers. Alasdair Burns, a stargazing guide on Stewart Island/Rakiura, received a text message… [+2385 chars]
Nearly two years since the Mars 2020 mission first launched, the robot astrobiologist known as Perseverance has given us a novel and sometimes surprising look at the Red Planet. Outfitted with a wea… [+9922 chars]
Researchers uncovering fossils at the fossil site in 1951 before its location was initially lost. (Image credit: Ferraz et al) (opens in new tab)Scientists have finally rediscovered a lost fossil si… [+4244 chars]
A photographer was out camping when a SpaceX rocket shot across the sky in front of him and he was lucky enough to capture spectacular video footage of it. Justin Anderson was in Manitoba provincial… [+2887 chars]
There are a million and one ways to die in space , whether its from micrometeoroid impacts shredding your ship or solar flares frying its electronics , drowning in your own sweat during a spacewa… [+14018 chars]
Once again, life has been found in an environment that would be deeply inhospitable to most organisms living on this planet. Fed by waters that pass through 600 meters (1,970 ft) of permafrost, the … [+4284 chars]
Observations made by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have allowed scientists to identify the spot where a mystery object likely a discarded rocket body smashed into the Moon several months ago. … [+3938 chars]
The Orion Nebula is a well-known feature in the night sky and is visible in small backyard telescopes. Orion is a busy place. The region is known for active star formation and other phenomena. It’s o… [+7487 chars]
Shapiros Nature Ecology study also focused on what may have happened to other polar bear genomes during periods of low icein this case, around 120,000 or 125,000 years ago when, according to Shapiro,… [+3176 chars]
<li>Cioni, R., DOriano, C. & Bertagnini, A. Fingerprinting ash deposits of small scale eruptions by their physical and textural features. J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res.177, 277287 (2008). CAS Artic… [+17204 chars]
