NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is all about studying near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In a recent development, researchers have found new secrets about asteroid Bennu, that too when a tiny object hit the astero… [+1918 chars]
Until about 202 million years ago, dinosaurs were relatively minor players on the global stage. Instead, Earth's tropical and subtropical regions were dominated by other reptiles. Then came the en… [+5174 chars]
Water is the most abundant liquid in nature, but it's also one of the least understood. Water has unusual properties. For example, most materials get denser when they get colder, but water is densest… [+3432 chars]
Dr. Jessica Watkins is a NASA astronaut, planetary geologist, and lead author of a recent manuscript accepted for publication in JGR: Planets, entitled Burial and exhumation of sedimentary rocks reve… [+4902 chars]
ByUniversity of CologneJuly 7, 2022 Artists illustration of a black hole. A star was discovered zipping around the black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, at an astonishing speed of 8… [+3477 chars]
Welcome to Pocket Science: a glimpse at recent research from Husker scientists and engineers. For those who want to quickly learn the What, So what and Now what of Husker research. What? Highway dr… [+2305 chars]
by IMBA- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences One often thinks that the early embryo is fragile and needs support. However, at the earliest stages of development, … [+4729 chars]
The latest study published in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research aims to enhance comprehension of spectral emissivity by studying its relationship with the temperature of 3 different … [+5095 chars]
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There's been a lot of trash-talking about the International Space Station (ISS) recently. Roughly 172 pounds (78 kilograms) of garbage was ejected in a specialized trash bag from the station's comme… [+2610 chars]
ByETH ZurichJuly 7, 2022 False-color view of total ozone over the Arctic pole during the beginning of 2020. The purple and blue colors are where there is the least ozone, and the yellows and reds ar… [+5347 chars]
The Next Full Moon The next full moon is the Buck Supermoon, also called the Thunder Moon, and the Hay or Mead Moon. The next full moon will be Wednesday afternoon, July 13, 2022, appearing opposit… [+21641 chars]