In 2014, an object crashed into the ocean just off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Data collected at the time indicated that the meteorite just might be an interstellar object, and if that's true, the… [+5206 chars]
South Korea's first lunar orbiter has launched successfully, beginning a year-long mission to observe the Moon. Key points: <ul><li>The lunar orbiter was launched by Elon Musk's aerospace company i… [+3884 chars]
The asteroid, named Asteroid 2022 OE2 whizzed past Earth in the early hours of August 4, at 12:23 a.m. (ET). Although NASA's astronomers keep a check on all Near-Earth objects (NEOs) for any potenti… [+1234 chars]
As fossil fuel-based resources continue to deplete, alternative fuels are in high demand. A paper published in the journal Scientific Reports aimed to determine the efficiency of using waste fish oil… [+5314 chars]
Researchers propose a two-step regulatory mechanism for non-Rabl configurations of centromeres in the nucleus. Centromeres are chromosomal domains that link pairs of sister chromatids together durin… [+3688 chars]
In 2014, an object crashed into the ocean just off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Data collected at the time indicated that the meteorite just might be an interstellar object, and if that's true, the… [+5206 chars]
Astronomers of the Subaru Strategic Program have discovered a possible Super Earth at a distance of 37 light-years from Earth. The discovery was made with the infrared spectrograph IRD on the Subaru … [+3524 chars]
What little we know of dark matter comes from calculations based on the glow of surrounding galaxies. The further away we look, however, the dimmer that starlight gets, making it harder to see the su… [+4288 chars]
Our nervous system is composed of billions of neurons that speak to one another through their axons and dendrites. When the human brain develops, these structures branch out in a beautifully intricat… [+3171 chars]
A new study based in Africa reveals hidden selection against interspecies breeding in wild baboon species in a strikingly similar way to what has been described for archaic hominins. The findings, ba… [+2024 chars]
