On June 30, 2022, the world observed the International Asteroid Day. But days building up to it were extremely dramatic for the space agencies across the globe because of an asteroid named 2021 QM1. … [+2600 chars]
We know the brain changes after traumatic injury, and now we have maps from mice showing what that change looks like. A team of scientists has traced connections between nerve cells throughout the e… [+5962 chars]
The picture shows Galileo showing a cardinal one of his drawings of the Moon, obtained using his telescope. Another cardinal is looking through the telescope. He looks interested in what he is seein… [+3883 chars]
Its nice to have a feel-good story every once in a while, so heres one to hold off the existential dread: the Earth isnt likely to get flung off into deep space for at least 100,000 years. In fact, a… [+3602 chars]
A team of researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology, in China, working with a colleague in the U.S., has developed a new kind of aerogel for use in flexible thermal insulation material applic… [+2624 chars]
With a $24 billion budget and dozens of active, high-profile missions, it's not surprising that NASA is the most visible of the dozens of government space agencies in the world. But China's space pro… [+4724 chars]
According to reports, China's Mars orbiter has surveyed the whole red planet. Large craters, canyons, and a volcano are all shown in the spacecraft's images of Mars. China's Tianwen-1 Orbiter Spacec… [+3156 chars]
Scientists assessing data from Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover have found levels of life ingredient molecules in Martian rocks comparable to the amount found in rocks in very harsh low-life places on Ear… [+3122 chars]
July's full moon will once again be a supermoon, reaching its perigee or closest point to our planet on July 13. The moon will be relatively close to Earth in its slightly elliptical orbit, making i… [+1935 chars]
Within the solar system, most of our astrobiological research is aimed at Mars, which is considered to be the next-most habitable body beyond Earth. However, future efforts are aimed at exploring icy… [+7459 chars]
An enormous comet that is twice the size of Mount Everest has entered the inner part of our solar system and is about to pass through Earth in July. Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), called K2 for short,… [+1912 chars]
Kamptozoa and Bryozoa are two phyla of small aquatic invertebrates. They are related to snails and clams (collectively called mollusks), bristleworms, earthworms, and leeches (collectively called ann… [+3685 chars]
