This position will see the Sun, Earth and Saturn lining up, with the planet standing at a distance of 1.325 billion kilometres – the closest to the Earth for the first time in one year. Once the Sun… [+406 chars]
An opportunity to watch the Perseid meteor shower and learn from astronomers takes place Saturday, Aug. 13 at Aldergrove Regional Park. Visitors who attend the meteor shower watch will be able to ch… [+1493 chars]
Silver-colored dust drilled from a rock by NASA's Curiosity rover on July 30, 2015. Analysis of the dust revealed it contained the mineral tridymite, which was very unexpected. (Image credit: NASA/JP… [+5984 chars]
A Northwestern University astrophysics team is aiming for the starswell, a dead star, that is. On Aug. 21, the NASA-funded team will launch its "Micro-X" rocket from White Sands Missile Range in sou… [+3922 chars]
A museum specimen has been heard for the first time in 150 years after scientists digitally recreated its song. The body shape and song of Prophalangopsis obscura could help give researchers clues a… [+6134 chars]
The sky turns dark, a heavy rain falls and a bolt of lightning crackles through the air. But instead of striking down toward the ground, or zipping sideways between clouds, this lightning bolt does s… [+3934 chars]
As dusk deepens the shadow at the forests edge, a tiny beacon lights up the gloom. Soon, the twilight is full of drifting lights, each winking a message in peculiar semaphore: Male seeks female for b… [+1242 chars]
If countries throughout the world are successful in fulfilling the climate targets stated in the Paris Agreement, the disastrous impacts of global warming on the greatest ice sheet in the world may b… [+4744 chars]
Author of the article: Article content Lexington, Kentucky(Newsfile Corp. August 11, 2022) FricknFrack games announces the launch of its new space adventure game Rise UP. The game provides playe… [+3294 chars]
Researchers found that different groups of whales and dolphins take varying routes as they develop in a delicate balancing act between their evolutionary history and current environment. Whales over… [+5821 chars]
Topology and entanglement are two powerful principles for characterizing the structure of complex quantum states. In a new paper in the journal Physical Review X, researchers from the University of P… [+4255 chars]
The 3D mathematical model created by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger, along with other researchers, and used for more than 100 years to describe how our eyes distinguish colours, has … [+1997 chars]
