The surface of LARES-2 is covered in hundreds of reflectors that will reflect laser pulses sent out by a global network of laser-ranging stations.Credit: CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo CSG/P. Bau… [+6172 chars]
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T. rex still reigns as the king of dinosaurs, according to scientists who on Monday argued against a contentious hypothesis advanced this year that the mighty m… [+4086 chars]
The massive Valles Marineris canyon has been revealed in stunning new images taken by the European Space Agency's Mars Express. At 2,485 miles long, over 124 miles wide and more than 4 miles deep, … [+5908 chars]
Gamma-ray bursts, or GRBs, are pretty much the ultimate explosions: Catastrophic releases of energy that can be many, many billions of times brighter than the Sun. They explode with such power that w… [+4693 chars]
China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter has returned a stunning image of the Martian moon Phobos to mark the second anniversary of the mission's launch. Tianwen 1 captured the photo with its high-resolutio… [+1744 chars]
Elon Musks private space company broke its own record for most launches in a single calendar yearand 2022 isnt even close to being over yet. The company completed its 32nd successful launch of the ye… [+2169 chars]
In coming weeks, one of the most reliable meteor showers on record could send hundreds of meteors streaking across the Colorado sky. The Persieds Meteor shower, named for the Perseus constellation,… [+889 chars]
Gamma-ray bursts, or GRBs, are pretty much the ultimate explosions: Catastrophic releases of energy that can be many, many billions of times brighter than the Sun. They explode with such power that w… [+4693 chars]
The massive Valles Marineris canyon has been revealed in stunning new images taken by the European Space Agency's Mars Express. At 2,485 miles long, over 124 miles wide and more than 4 miles deep, … [+5908 chars]
Summary: Researchers discovered how the TGF-beta protein controls the process by which hair follicles, including stem cells, divide and form new cells or orchestrate apoptosis. The findings could pro… [+5190 chars]
While studying diamonds inside an ancient meteorite, scientists have found a strange, interwoven microscopic structure that has never been seen before. The structure, an interlocking form of graphi… [+3425 chars]
A stalactite formation in a Hawaiian cave system from this study with copper minerals and white microbial colonies. Despite copper being toxic to many organisms, this formation hosts a microbial comm… [+2823 chars]