The oldest known Martian meteorite crater was discovered on Tuesday. According to scientists, the discovery could provide details on how Earth was formed. The meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed Black Bea… [+3158 chars]
An asteroid the size of a 50-story skyscraper will zoom past Earth Sunday (July 17), making its closest approach to our planet in nearly 100 years. The meaty space rock, dubbed 2022 KY4, will safely… [+1836 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. … [+6259 chars]
View larger | Hubble Space Telescope view of Earth-sized bruises on Jupiter, caused by Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9’s spectacular multiple impacts with the giant planet in 1994. This image is from a few da… [+7005 chars]
Harmful fungi cause enormous agricultural losses. Conventional techniques for combating them involve the use of poisonous fungicides. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), working w… [+4145 chars]
Groundwater that was recently discovered deep underground in a mine in South Africa is estimated to be 1.2 billion years old. Researchers suspect that the groundwater is some of the oldest on the pl… [+4767 chars]
On the right, ytterbium ions are trapped in a vacuum chamber and probed with lasers, which create a blue glow. These tests let the MIT group determine each isotope’s energy levels. Traditionally, to… [+7603 chars]
The Sun has been relentless this month. We have witnessed multiple solar flares and minor solar storms throughout the month. Just last week, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and… [+1849 chars]
All hail the king of the planets, newly arrived in the evening sky. Jupiter is currently rising in the night sky around midnight on the eastern horizon, dominating at an impressive -2.5 magnitude. (… [+2155 chars]
Just a few days after NASA released images of the distant universe from the James Webb Space Telescope, Greek researcher Polychronis Patapis, a member of the team and one of the first to see them, sa… [+830 chars]
Astronomers from the University of Warwick reveal a new phenomenon dubbed the "rocking shadow" effect that describes how discs in forming planetary systems are oriented, and how they move around thei… [+2420 chars]
ByNASA/JPLJuly 15, 2022 In this illustration, NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planets surface as NASAs Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away. Credit: NASA/J… [+2247 chars]
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