High altitude clouds have been forming in recent days at the highest rates seen since 2007. Rocket exhaust may be the cause, but climate change is also known to make the clouds more visible. Noct… [+3548 chars]
An international team of researchers has discovered 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater deep in a gold- and uranium-producing mine in Moab Khotsong, South Africa, shedding more light on how life is sust… [+4559 chars]
A funny case of crabotage A spider crab at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. To the best of our knowledge, this crab is innocent of any scientific crabotage. Photo by Doug Duran/MediaNews Group/The Mercur… [+2421 chars]
In a bold vision to secure Europe's role in space exploration and so benefit from the many scientific, economic, and societal rewards, ESA is publicly releasing its new exploration roadmap after its … [+3643 chars]
Physicists observed a strange new type of behavior in a magnetic material when it's heated up. The magnetic spins "freeze" into a static pattern when the temperature rises, a phenomenon that normally… [+3313 chars]
Making a connection: An artist's impression of a Rydberg atom bonded to an ion. (Courtesy: Danyel Cavazos) A novel type of molecule that is longer than some kinds of bacteria has been detected by ph… [+3739 chars]
How many people have ever lived? And how many will ever live? Those are questions the latest video from Kurzgesagt, which is German for in a nutshell or in summary, tackles. It’s easy to feel pessimi… [+1826 chars]
In a university swimming pool, scientists and their underwater cameras watch carefully as a coiled shell is released from a pair of metal tongs. The shell begins to move under its own power, giving t… [+7595 chars]
A very small instrument has a big job ahead of it: measuring all Earth-directed energy coming from the sun and helping scientists understand how that energy influences our planet's severe weather, cl… [+6071 chars]
Nasa says it has lost contact with a satellite launched from New Zealand and now heading towards the Moon. Capstone in orbit near the Moon. Photo: Illustration by Nasa / Daniel Rutter In a statemen… [+1990 chars]
By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent Scientists have found new ways in which quarks, the tiniest particles known to humankind, group together. The new structures exist for just a hundred thousandth… [+3087 chars]
Rare, elliptical craters spotted on two of Saturn's moons reveal new clues about the satellites' age and formation, a new study shows. Using data from NASA's Cassini mission , researchers from the… [+3489 chars]
