When we think of planets, we generally think of worlds that orbit a star. However, there are many planets that do not orbit a star, and instead, drift through the emptiness of interstellar space. The… [+3776 chars]
One of the world’s most well-preserved craters can be found buried deep within the Sahara Desert. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us above the nearly round Tenoumer Crater in Mauritania on As… [+1698 chars]
For months, a threatening space rock, 2021 QMI, lingered at the top of risk lists around the globe with a real chance of asteroid impact on April 2, 2052. European Space Agency (ESA)'s asteroid team… [+2951 chars]
One of the world’s most well-preserved craters can be found buried deep within the Sahara Desert. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us above the nearly round Tenoumer Crater in Mauritania on As… [+1698 chars]
ByVirginia TechJuly 2, 2022 A one-second discrepancy in the travel time of a set of seismic waves gives us an important and unprecedented glimpse of whats happening deeper in the Earths interior. T… [+6630 chars]
ByRutgers UniversityJuly 2, 2022 The researchers discovered three genes, MCM5, FGGY, and DDX60L, that are strongly linked to the risk of developing eggs with an abnormal number of chromosomes when t… [+4078 chars]
In the early hours of March 13, 1989, the public utility Hydro-Québec went out of service. The entire province of Québec lost power for nine hours, interrupting many aspects of public life for the en… [+7120 chars]
In the 1970s, a rare phenomenon occurred: the outer planets of the solar system aligned together. This alignment was a scientific opportunity that had to be taken. Scientists and engineers built the … [+3166 chars]
Our solar system is home to countless asteroids and other forms of planetary debris. With so many asteroids in the solar system, they inevitably collide with the planets from time to time. Every plan… [+2867 chars]
The countdown is on for the release of the first science images from the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled for July 12. But before full science operations begin, each of Webb’s four instruments h… [+2298 chars]
A stubborn solar array on the NASA Lucy mission might yield enough to allow the mission to continue its asteroid-hunting mandate with few issues, NASA reports. The agency said it has made "significa… [+3147 chars]
NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket is no longer on the launch pad. The Artemis 1 stack — a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket topped by an Orion crew capsule — departed Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Cen… [+3242 chars]
