The spacecraft will use Venus to slightly slow itself and adjust its trajectory for an optimal path toward the first perihelion of the Sun on November 5 this year NASA NASA's historic mission to so… [+3032 chars]
A research team led by André Marques at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, has uncovered the profound effects of an atypical mode of chromosome arrangement on g… [+5044 chars]
According to reports, NASAs $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured a stellar explosion more than 3 million years ago. The same galaxy was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope in 201… [+6447 chars]
Want a surface that won't get wet? Grab some sandpaper. Rice University researchers have developed a simple method to make surfaces superhydrophobicthat is, very water-repellantwithout the chemicals… [+6130 chars]
A recent study may have found why the near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon got the bizarre blue color. Known to be the source of the annual Geminid meteor shower, the asteroid has been a planetary sci… [+1802 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]
On October 16, 2021, as the United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket deployed the Lucy spacecraft successfully, engineers were in a mood of jubilation, but it was all about to change. Just hours into … [+3581 chars]
Enlarge/ A spinning neutron star periodically swings its radio (green) and gamma-ray (magenta) beams past Eart. A black widow pulsar heats the facing side of its stellar partner to temperatures twice… [+6250 chars]
A group of MIT engineers created color-shifting materials using holographic film, elastic, and a desktop projector. It also takes inspiration from the iridescent colors of butterflies and birds. The … [+1888 chars]
A new development on the Sun has caused concern for solar scientists. A recent Helioseismic reading has revealed that a massive sunspot has emerged on the far-side of the Sun. According to data, this… [+2249 chars]
Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science have- for the first time ever- grown synthetic embryo models of mice outside the womb using stem cells cultured in a petri dish. This is a major medi… [+4518 chars]
Spotting planet killer asteroids in time will be the difference between saving the Earth or letting it be destroyed. However, there are more asteroids in the solar system itself that we do not know a… [+2188 chars]
