Neutron stars are dense remnants of large stars. They are the collapsed cores of stars formed during a supernova explosion. While we know generally how they form, we are still learning how they evol… [+2723 chars]
There have been several space missions to study how Moon, Marth, Sun and our galaxy were formed, but seldom there are any that have unravelled the mysteries on the origin of the giant planet. A rece… [+1758 chars]
Never-before-seen microbes living deep beneath the permafrost at one of the coldest and saltiest water springs on Earth could provide a blueprint for life on Mars. At Lost Hammer Spring, which lies … [+3859 chars]
The JWST team has completed 10 of 17 "modes," or checkpoints, on the road to booting up the telescope. Successful testing means we're still on the path to receiving the first JWST images this summer… [+5519 chars]
Data generation Data was generated from GUARANI (One Health Brazilian Group) network. Initially, the aims of the GUARANI networks project were to quantify the abundance and diversity of antibiotic r… [+9740 chars]
This Monday, NASA is launching a tiny satellite with a big mission. The CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) satellite will enter into a n… [+2738 chars]
Space weather is weird. Down, Down Down Most folks probably don't think of satellites as capable of sinking, but according to the European Space Agency they can and do. Space news site Space.com r… [+1364 chars]
Clusters of the earliest hematopoietic cells being born in the walls of the umbilical artery of a mouse embryo. The cells colored in red represent embryonic multipotent progenitor cells (eMPPs). Cred… [+5311 chars]
A little space rock from Mars, which fell to Earth in 1815, can change what we thought we knew about the birth of our planet. Known as the Chassigny meteorite, it is a small chunk of rock which is be… [+2011 chars]
Eye on the sky The BOOTES 6 telescope at the Boyden Observatory in Bloemfontein will search for transient events. (Courtesy: Emilio Jesus Carcia)" width="635" height="423" /> Eye on the sky Th… [+2539 chars]
South Africas MeerKAT telescope. Credit: South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) An international team of astronomers has combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes for the first time… [+4492 chars]
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is set to release a rainbow coloured map of the Red Planet, over the next six months. The 5.6 gigapixel map will cover the 86 per cent of the planet, allowing… [+2494 chars]
