image: When fiddler crabs burrow into mangrove soils, they help to distribute nutrients and beneficial bacteria throughout the soil, as well as positively impacting soil salinity and pH.view more C… [+3375 chars]
A new analysis of seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission has revealed a couple of surprises. The first surprise: the top 300 meters of the subsurface beneath the landing site near the Martian… [+5118 chars]
image: Group photo of participants in the XXXI IAU General Assembly, which was held from 2-11 August in Busan, Korea.view more Credit: IAU/GA2022 NOC The XXXI General Assembly of the International… [+6313 chars]
The Jargon File is "a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor." The first version was compiled in 1975 by a computer scientist at … [+3844 chars]
In a recent study submitted to Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, a team of researchers from Yale University investigated how to identify impact craters that may have been created by Interstellar Obje… [+3384 chars]
Travelling 500 million light-years in just a matter of seconds, this incredible new video zooms through space to reveal the spectacular Cartwheel Galaxy as captured by the James Webb telescope. The … [+7232 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]
Earth and its Moon are unique in the Solar System. Earth is the only planet with just one moon, and that Moon is pretty influential. In fact, without the Moon, life on Earth may not have emerged, som… [+4363 chars]
When seen with the naked eye, isopods look like a grain of rice and can dwell on the seafloor, scavenging on the marine snow that all dead things in the ocean become. During the research, the team d… [+2293 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]
Targeting Friday, August 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from SLC-4E in California https://t.co/0K9OPrvKjJ— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 11, 2022 (SocialLY brings yo… [+489 chars]
ByUniversity of BirminghamAugust 11, 2022 New research shows that large dinosaur predators evolved different shapes of eye sockets to better deal with high bite forces. According to new research, l… [+3693 chars]
