In 2014, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) dispatched its Hayabusa2 spacecraft to rendezvous with 162173 Ryugu, a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) that periodically passes close to Earth. In 2… [+4661 chars]
From ice volcanoes to star-sucking black holes, there is still much to be discovered out there in the mysterious vastness of the universe. Now, an international team of astronomers have discovered wh… [+5746 chars]
A supernova is the cataclysmic explosion of a star. A thermonuclear supernova explosion of a white dwarf is supposed to be the terminal event in the life of its progenitor star. These thermonuclear … [+4899 chars]
Paleontologists have discovered the oldest belly button known to science on a 125 million-year-old fossil of a dinosaur in the genus Psittacosaurus. Oh, the fossil also had the first dinosaur butthol… [+3449 chars]
Scientists at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a new PET-like plastic easily made from the inedible parts of plants. It is tough, heat resistant, and a good barrier a… [+2999 chars]
SICHUAN, China — A robotic fish that swims around sucking up microplastics from waters has been created by scientists in China. The tiny machine ‘”wiggles” its body and “flap”‘ its fins just like the… [+2691 chars]
For Stanley Aryanto of The Wicked Hunt, photography is much more than “getting the shot.” It's all about adventure. Since we last caught up with Aryanto after taking an incredible photo of Neowise Co… [+3210 chars]
Researchers found a way to bypass the need for biological photosynthesis altogether and create food independent of sunlight by using artificial photosynthesis. The study was published in the journal,… [+4855 chars]
ByEuropean Space Agency (ESA)June 26, 2022 Artists impression of Mars Express. The background is based on an actual image of Mars taken by the spacecrafts high resolution stereo camera. Credit: Spac… [+5732 chars]
For over three decades, the indefatigable Hubble Space Telescope has been providing stunning peeks into the myriad mysteries of the universe, helping astronomers, physicists, and scientists of all st… [+2526 chars]
It has been more than 50 years since astronomers first proposed dark matter, which is thought to be the most common form of matter in the universe. Despite this, we have no idea what it is nobody h… [+6443 chars]
McGill researchers studied the extremely salty, very cold, and almost oxygen-free environment under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in Canada’s High Arctic to search for life. Why? Because that … [+4067 chars]
