Using multiple radio telescopes across the world, a team of astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center, Copenhagen, have discovered several galaxies in the early universe that, due to massive amounts of… [+4626 chars]
If you missed last months supermoon, you have another chance. This months full moon is Wednesday. At the same time, the moons orbit will bring it closer to Earth than usual. This cosmic combo is cal… [+337 chars]
As a huge comet makes its closest approach to Earth on Wednesday (July 13), you might be curious why it's so hard to spot. Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), called K2 for short, is one of the farthest ac… [+4011 chars]
Article body copy From Australia to the Arctic, kelp forests are disappearing as the ocean heats up. But in some places, such as in the chilly waters off Englands southwest coast, the struggling kel… [+4105 chars]
Unisexual reproduction lacks meiotic recombination, resulting in the accumulation of deleterious mutations and hindering the creation of genetic diversity. Thus, unisexual taxa are commonly considere… [+2938 chars]
The Mars sailplanes will contain a custom-designed array of navigation sensors, as well as a camera and temperature and gas sensors to gather information about the Martian atmosphere and landscape. C… [+1532 chars]
Sweating fighter is punched in the face getty This story on neuro-regeneration is part of an extended series on Regenerative Medicine. For other stories on this topic see williamhaseltine.com and s… [+8358 chars]
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]
How does a nose remember that it's a nose? Or an eye remember that it's an eye? As scientists probe the question of how cells remember what kind of cells they are supposed to be, or their genetic li… [+8204 chars]
Concerned that efforts to staunch the flow of excess greenhouse gases bleeding into our atmosphere won't be enough to save us from a worsening crisis, MIT engineers have returned to a decades old vis… [+4495 chars]
Engineers in China have successfully deployed an ultra-thin sail attached to a rocket part to expedite its departure from low Earth orbit and reduce the amount of space junk aimlessly floating above … [+2521 chars]
Thanks to advances in genomics in recent decades, researchers now know the genetic mutations responsible for many diseases. However, researchers often still do not know how the mutation leads to the … [+8431 chars]
