Mars is a hellscape. Step onto the planet without a protective spacesuit and your eyes will pop out of their sockets as your blood vessels burst and your entire body convulses. At least, thats the … [+7798 chars]
A megacomet has just passed safely by Earth, but there's still a chance it will grow brighter through the summer as it reaches its closest approach to the sun in December. Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS… [+2824 chars]
Artists view of Swarm, ESAs first Earth observation constellation of satellites. Credit: ESAP. Carril, 2013 The pressure is rising at ESAs mission control. A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite do… [+5587 chars]
THIS WEEK SAW the biggest and brightest supermoon of the year take to the skies, delighting stargazers around the globe. The July supermoon, known as the Buck moon, appeared 30% brighter and two to … [+1023 chars]
A team of researchers from IBM Research Europe, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and the University of Regensburg has changed the bonds between the atoms in a single molecule for the first time… [+2906 chars]
Astronomers have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy that appears to be flashing in a pattern similar to a heartbeat.It has been classified as a fast radio burst (FRB… [+2168 chars]
Woodpecker skulls do not act like shock-absorbing helmets as previously thought, according to a new study that suggests their heads are more like stiff hammers. Scientists have long sought to unders… [+2272 chars]
The past few days have seen the internet delighting in the gorgeous images NASA released July 12, the first seen from the James Webb Space Telescope. For some, though, the incredible discoveries the … [+4781 chars]
Astronomers from the University of Warwick reveal a new phenomenon dubbed the "rocking shadow" effect that describes how disks in forming planetary systems are oriented, and how they move around thei… [+2744 chars]
Gaia scientists are agog after finding out that the star-spotting spacecraft can double as a planet-hunter. In a mission first, the long-time star surveyor spotted two Jupiter-size planets in a remo… [+2858 chars]
In the fairy-tale landscape of the Isle of Skye off the north-west coast of Scotland, the skull of one of the most ancient salamanders ever discovered to date was excavated from Jurassic limestones. … [+6219 chars]
Diffraction spikes are so in right now The first full-color image released from the JWST. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Stars in the new images from the James Webb Space Telescope look sharper than… [+4219 chars]
