Astronomers are planning a fishing trip to land an extraterrestrial interloper on Earth: A small meteorite from another star system that crashed into the Pacific Ocean with energy equivalent to about… [+4370 chars]
Measurements We interpolated the thickness of Vulcan Planitia through topographic measurements of three geologic features found within the unit: craters with partial infill, montes and their surroun… [+8227 chars]
One of the prime objectives of the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to study very distant galaxies, galaxies that are too far away to be effectively observed prior to the JWST. It isnt so muc… [+5265 chars]
Every 60 seconds the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the global ocean. Where does it end up? Right now, researchers simply don't know. But in a bid to help find out, an ESA-led project de… [+3426 chars]
Divergence and diversity across elevations and transects To study adaptation to altitude in H. erato and H. melpomene, we used whole-genome data from 518 re-sequenced individuals, 444 of which were … [+39422 chars]
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The last supermoon of the year will rise on Thursday (Aug. 11), and you can watch it online in the early hours of Friday morning (Aug. 12) as it shines above Rome's historic skyline. Weather permit… [+2172 chars]
The Giant Magellan Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever engineered, has secured a new $205M funding infusion that will be used to accelerate its construction. When finished, it will be four ti… [+3223 chars]
Sir Isaac Newton first stated the laws of motion in Principia Mathematica back in 1687 and today those laws are seen as facts - that when something moves it has to push against something else. But a… [+2685 chars]
Microorganism-free enzyme-based reaction systems are now used for the production of hydrogen, bioelectricity, and useful biochemicals. In these biosystems, raw materials called substrates are broken … [+4641 chars]
The Science Plants and algae use green-tinted chlorophyll to convert high-energy sunlight into food via photosynthesis. But what happens in deep shade? Cyanobacteria are small, photosynthetic microo… [+3357 chars]
