An Italian astronaut joined a Russian cosmonaut in a rare spacewalking show of unity Thursday, as tensions over Ukraine continued to ricochet back home. Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and … [+1828 chars]
In recent exoplanet news: China is now focusing on a search for a planet like Earth: Most likely, such a planet does exist, but in the relatively nascent field of exoplanet research, no one has ye… [+5471 chars]
Lasers are useful for a lot of things. They made CDs work (when they were still a thing). They also provide hours of entertainment for cats (and their humans). But they can also create magnetic condi… [+2769 chars]
"In what's being hailed as an important first for chemistry, an international team of scientists has developed a new technology that can selectively rearrange atomic bonds within a single molecule," … [+1730 chars]
About three years ago, Wolfgang Wolfi Mittig and Yassid Ayyad went looking for the universes missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didnt lead them to d… [+9704 chars]
ByUniversity of RochesterJuly 23, 2022 Researchers discovered that long-lived organisms often exhibit high expression of genes involved in DNA repair, RNA transport, and cellular skeleton organizati… [+5920 chars]
An Italian astronaut joined a Russian cosmonaut in a rare spacewalking show of unity Thursday, as tensions over Ukraine continued to ricochet back home. Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and … [+1828 chars]
Asteroids are harmless space rocks that give us something to stare at when they pass by Earth. However, if they slightly deviate their angle while approaching Earth, it could often mean deadly for us… [+2266 chars]
New Zealand's second notable fireball this month, the meteor was caught by at least four specialised fireball detection cameras. Photo / 123frBy RNZ A University of Canterbury astronomer said the me… [+2476 chars]
Fifty years ago, humanity gained a powerful new tool to study our home planet. That day, July 23, 1972, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Geological Surve… [+8860 chars]
When you think of the iconic features of the planets in our solar system, one particular image that jumps to mind is Saturn with its stunning rings. But Saturn’s bigger next door neighbor Jupiter als… [+2285 chars]
Baby crown-of-thorns starfish don't look particularly threatening. In their first stage of life, the starfish measure less than a millimetre across, and by the time they reach their first year, the … [+6543 chars]