Around 4.4 billion years ago, the early solar system resembled a game of space rock dodgeball, as massive asteroids and comets, and, later, smaller rocks and galactic debris pummeled the moon and oth… [+5899 chars]
In what scientists believe was likely a meteor drop, New Zealanders across the North Island have reported rumbling, crackling sounds, a fireball and a huge flash of light streaking across the sky on … [+1811 chars]
More than a decade after its launch, observations from NASAs Juno probe which embarked on a four-year extended mission last year have revealed that the interior of Jupiter is far different than sci… [+8475 chars]
NASAs New Horizons spacecraft has seen amazing things since it launched over sixteen years ago. It has cruised by Jupiter, peeked at erupting volcanos on Io, and most famously, zipped past Pluto, bec… [+523 chars]
The hydrogenation of metal-adsorbed formate has been experimentally measured by University of Tsukuba researchers and collaborators. This innovation will make it easier to convert carbon dioxide poll… [+3679 chars]
Researchers from LMU and Saarland University have entangled two quantum memories over a 33-kilometer-long fiber optic connection -- a record and an important step toward the quantum internet.A networ… [+4161 chars]
A mummified pup discovered in Siberia is not a dog, new research finds. Rather, the cute-and-cuddly canine is actually a young wolf. In a new study aimed at understanding dog domestication, researc… [+3917 chars]
Yikes! Cosmic Collapse Have you ever indulged the depths of your intrusive thoughts and wondered how the universe is going to smash and chew up our little planet over billions of years? Well, that… [+2198 chars]
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Recurring springtime ozone depletion events over the Arctic the result of human emissions of ozone-destroying gases can temporarily alter Northern Hemisphere temperatures and rainfall patterns, accor… [+1661 chars]
For her work showing that restoring lost bacterial cues in the gut can stimulate development of insulin-producing cells, potentially protecting against the autoimmune destruction associated with Type… [+9357 chars]
On April 19, 2021, NASAs Ingenuity helicopter became the first powered aircraft to lift off from the surface of Mars. The historic 39-second flight set the stage for an entirely new way of exploring … [+3950 chars]
