A next-generation dark matter detector has started operations, already delivering its first results, which show it to be the most sensitive machine of this type on Earth. The machine could help unl… [+4074 chars]
Oregon State University fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed flower of a newly described plant species encased in a 30-million-year-old tomb together wi… [+3643 chars]
Well, this is the week for distant galaxies, isn’t it? Not only has JWST revealed some of the most distant ones ever seen in infrared, but other observatories are studying them, too. Astronomers at t… [+3479 chars]
While most of the science world is thrilled over the highest-ever resolution images that are about to be released by the newly-aligned James Webb Space Telescope, one fictitious horror story making t… [+2266 chars]
BELLINGHAM, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The upcoming SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation Symposium in Montréal, 17-22 July, will be the first scientific meeting for the astronomical engineerin… [+4590 chars]
ByUniversity of WarwickJuly 11, 2022 Research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agr… [+5872 chars]
Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, according to a new study from physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder.That popcorn-… [+5108 chars]
Using the latest technologies currently available, it takes over 25,000 tons of rocket hardware and propellant to land 50 tons of anything on the planet Mars. So, for NASAs first crewed mission to Ma… [+7589 chars]
It's comforting to know that there are people who are literally paid to watch the night sky to ensure that at least we'll be informed if an asteroid will hit the Earth. Technology and near-Earth sur… [+3469 chars]
The risk to human life from the uncontrolled re-entry of rocket bodies into the Earths atmosphere is assessed in an analysis of 30 years of data, published in Nature Astronomy. The study which reveal… [+1657 chars]
Apoptosis, a type of programmed cell death (PCD), is a biological process through which unwanted cells are eliminated in multicellular organisms. In most cells, certain proteins known as "caspases" t… [+4415 chars]
Forward-looking: Nations around the world are increasingly thinking about our future in space, and not just jaunts to the Moon and back. Long-term colonies on the lunar surface and Mars are very well… [+1597 chars]
