In October 2020, a small spacecraft briefly touched down on an asteroid to snag a piece of it to bring to Earth. Almost two years later, scientists have learned that if the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft had … [+2935 chars]
Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the ability to capture and consume live prey has largely remained a mystery. Now, Salk scientists, alon… [+5272 chars]
Twinkling like cosmic lighthouses on a shore 13 billion light-years from Earth, quasars are some of the oldest, brightest relics of the early universe that astronomers can detect today. Short for "q… [+3435 chars]
Do you think space is spooky? With all its emptiness and dark silence, space can look like an eerie and unforgiving place. NASA's recent image is testimony to the same. NASA recently shared a pictur… [+1782 chars]
ByJennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJuly 11, 2022 Long predicted but never observed, fluid-like electron whirlpools could be leveraged for next-gen low-power electronics. Credit: Ch… [+3469 chars]
A HUGE sunspot was recently discovered on the Sun's surface and may soon be exploding, experts say. The sunspot dubbed AR3055 either appeared for the first time over this weekend or grew in size fro… [+1817 chars]
