Just a few hours into its 12-year journey to Jupiters Trojan asteroids, the Lucy spacecraft ran into a problem. One of its solar arrays refused to fully open and mission controllers have been working… [+3347 chars]
New images from NASAs James Webb Space Telescope show what may be among the earliest galaxies ever observed. The images include objects from more than 13 billion years ago, and one offers a much wide… [+3382 chars]
Aug 4 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Under extremely high pressure, scientists from the Universities of Bayreuth and Linköping have created two unexpected molecules containing nitrogen and the rare eart… [+3866 chars]
The aftermath of an epic collision involving at least one neutron star has been captured for the first time in the millimeter range of radio frequency wavelengths. The result is a recording of a sho… [+5328 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]
A study of zinc isotopes of meteorites suggest that material from the outer Solar System was an important source of volatiles such as hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and noble gases on Earth. Prev… [+2535 chars]
A newly-installed network of cameras is scanning Oamarus night skies for meteors. After receiving $20,000 from the Participatory Science Platform, a Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment C… [+3476 chars]
ByRuhr-University BochumAugust 4, 2022 Artists concept of a plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs are characterized by four uniform flippers. A new study reveals how plesiosaurs swam underwater Plesiosaurs, who… [+8327 chars]
The new OPA that replaces the multiple emitters of traditional OPAs with a slab grating to create a single emitter. This design enables a wide field of view without sacrificing beam quality. Credit: … [+4835 chars]
Jesus Rivera liked to scan Craigslist for crashed motorcycles. The first one he ever took home was a totaled green Suzuki GSX-R. It took him about a year, tinkering with wires, cutting metal, and for… [+10269 chars]
Global ocean temperatures are increasing due to climate change, exposing ecosystems to extreme temperatures called marine heat waves (MHWs), which can increase the temperature of marine waters by 5 d… [+5800 chars]
Genome-wide mapping of R-loops in NSPCs Several classes of recurrent DSBs occur in mouse and human NSPCs, including DSB breakpoint clusters in long, transcribed and late-replicating genes and around… [+24770 chars]