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]
ByIowa State UniversityJune 24, 2022 Scientists have announced the experimental discovery of a tetraneutron, a new and exotic state of matter that could also have properties that are useful in exist… [+8886 chars]
Jupiter is famous for its massive, eye-catching storms. Now, citizens will be able to help scientists uncover the mysteries of the gigantic planet's storms. The project is hosted on Zooniverse and… [+2101 chars]
NASA’s Z-1 spacesuit model released a decade ago seems like the iconic space ranger’s extraterrestrial duds in the Toy Story franchise. While the project is no longer happening, contractors do have p… [+1211 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]
Alloyed titanium has been studied extensively and found to have suitable qualities for use as a dental cast. While some combinations of metals with titanium may not yield desirable results, the Ti-Cu… [+8874 chars]
The water bodies on water-rich exoplanets may be endowed with electrolytes containing salts such as sodium chloride, which indicates a modeling study published in Nature Communications. The research … [+1206 chars]
Jupiter is hit by rock and impact is equivalent to the explosion of 154 atomic bombs (Photo: Getty Images) <ul><li>The impact was so strong that observers on Earth were able to capture the event; <… [+2070 chars]
China’s Mars sample return mission aims to collect samples from the Red Planet and deliver them to Earth in 2031, or two years ahead of a NASA and ESA joint mission, said a media report. According t… [+1505 chars]
The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter may have cannibalised multiple baby planets, a new study has found. Turns out, you don't become the largest planet in a solar system by being nice. A … [+2056 chars]
NASA is concerned that if Elon Musks rocket bursts during launch once more, it may damage the agencys only access to space. The SpaceX corporation, owned by the billionaire entrepreneur, is prepared… [+3167 chars]
WTF?! There aren't many reasons why an in-use system would still run an OS developed in Windows 98, but here's a good one: it's been traveling through space for the last 19 years. Thankfully, the Eur… [+2277 chars]