Mammals and birds produce their own body heat and control their body temperatures. This process is known as endothermy, or warm-bloodedness, and it may be one of the reasons why mammals tend to domin… [+5668 chars]
Testing can be a nerve-wracking process, and at one point the testing team was rather concerned. In 2016, a part of Webb was being put through vibration testing, in which the hardware is rapidly shak… [+1436 chars]
Share NASA has a body especially focused on the analysis of asteroids to calculate the probability of impacting the Earth within a period of about 100 years. The current probability of this happenin… [+3301 chars]
This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights (opens in new tab). Alice Gor… [+7599 chars]
CAIRO – 24 July 2022: Sotheby's International Auctions announced placing a Triceratops dinosaur skull for sale with an estimated price starting from $250,000 to $350,000. The auction is scheduled to… [+1563 chars]
ByESA/HubbleJuly 24, 2022 This Hubble Space Telescope image features multiple galaxies, perhaps most noticeably LEDA 58109, the lone galaxy in the upper right. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel… [+2072 chars]
This observation shows a small sand dune field on the floor of Newton Crater, an approximately 300-kilometer wide crater in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars. The image shows both dome and barchan dun… [+725 chars]
Solar system worlds beyond Earth have amazing surface features. Thanks to planetary science missions, we see images of canyons, craters, and cliffs across a variety of worlds. Someday, those places w… [+5586 chars]
Researchers say they have discovered a new, unusual radio signal from a distant galaxy. The signal is known as a fast radio burst, or FRB. These signals are pulses of radio waves that scientists say… [+4477 chars]
Share NASA has a body especially focused on the analysis of asteroids to calculate the probability of impacting the Earth within a period of about 100 years. The current probability of this happenin… [+3301 chars]
ByNASAJuly 24, 2022 Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisor… [+5600 chars]
Pasadena, CA— The first of six projects led by Carnegie-affiliated astronomers will, for the next three days, use the James Webb Space Telescope to make some of the most-accurate measurements ever ta… [+8707 chars]
