NASA’s Psyche mission, named after its destination, attempts to discover whether the 140-mile-wide metal-rich asteroid is the unprotected core of a protoplanet, as scientists think it might be. Prese… [+1248 chars]
NASA’s Psyche mission, named after its destination, attempts to discover whether the 140-mile-wide metal-rich asteroid is the unprotected core of a protoplanet, as scientists think it might be. Prese… [+1248 chars]
A rare, five-planet alignment will peak on June 24, allowing a spectacular viewing of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn as they line up in planetary order. The event began at the beginning of… [+4196 chars]
A Jurassic vampire squid-like creature used supersuckers to snatch prey out of the water column and lock it in place with a watertight seal, 3D imaging of several fossils reveals. For the first time… [+5008 chars]
NASA is pushing ahead toward a late August launch of its giant moon rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, despite not fully completing a "wet dress rehearsal" Monday. NASA officials have reviewed th… [+3267 chars]
A research team led by Prof. Huang Qing from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has used infrared and Raman spectroscopy to identify lysine acetylatio… [+2570 chars]
The supergiant Betelgeuse. Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin. The giant star Betelgeuse has long fascinated the inhabitants of our planet. The ancients saw fire an… [+145 chars]
We end our season with our ever-popular, always riveting Quirks & Quarks Listener Question Show. Evelyn Campbell in Vancouver, British Columbia asks: If you were out in space and died, would yo… [+6601 chars]
A new analysis of a Martian meteorite is challenging current thinking about how terrestrial planets acquired volatile elements, including the elemental ingredients of life, early in their formation. … [+2718 chars]
A rare, five-planet alignment will peak on June 24, allowing a spectacular viewing of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn as they line up in planetary order. The event began at the beginning of… [+4196 chars]
We end our season with our ever-popular, always riveting Quirks & Quarks Listener Question Show. Evelyn Campbell in Vancouver, British Columbia asks: If you were out in space and died, would yo… [+6601 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]
