A close-up image of one of the new crystals taken using an electron microscope. (Image credit: Taskaev et al.) (opens in new tab)Researchers have discovered never-before-seen types of crystal hidden… [+4268 chars]
This July, a gigantic comet will make its closest pass by Earth, where it has been headed for the last five years. The comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), often called K2 for short, was first spotted by th… [+1967 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]
These new species included Cedromus modicus, a relative of modern squirrels that only existed for a few million years, as well as Yoderimys massarae, the smallest member of a long-extinct group of ro… [+794 chars]
