A spectacular sight: The supermoon in Auckland. Photo / Michael CraigAucklanders heading into work in the early hours of this morning were treated to a spectacular sight - the last supermoon of the y… [+1116 chars]
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) says that a viral image of a clump of stringy material photographed on the surface of Mars is likely Dacron netting. The material is also used in thermal blan… [+2880 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]
The heart of the Etruscan shrew, one of the worlds smallest mammals, beats incredibly fast up to 1,500 times per minute, or 25 times per second. The human heart, in comparison, is sluggish, beating o… [+9855 chars]
More than 5,000 planets exist beyond our solar system, according to NASA, and this week astronomers announced they may have discovered the youngest one so far. Scientists using the Atacama Large Mil… [+3083 chars]
A team of scientists from Georgia Tech say they've built a robot that can move without anything to push against - a discovery that seems to violate the law of conservation momentum. The researchers… [+3897 chars]
The powerful jaws of Tyrannosaurus rex snapped together with such force that they would splinter the bones of the dinosaur's prey. But to gain such a powerful bite, the king of the dinosaurs had to… [+6639 chars]
Bright-green fireballs that streaked across the skies over New Zealand last month may finally have an explanation. On July 7, 2022, a bright-green meteor was spotted crashing into Cook Strait betwe… [+3879 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]
Saturn in this latest snapshot from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on July 4, 2020, when the ... [+] opulent giant world was 839 million miles from Earth. This new Saturn image was taken during… [+3608 chars]
primaryAt the end of the 32nd edition of the Florence Astronomy Festival, on Friday evening, the French astrophysicist Roland Lehawk, whose name is an asteroid (31387), will host a conference on the … [+2570 chars]
Summary: Consciousness can not simply be reduced to neural activity alone, researchers say. A novel study reports the dynamics of consciousness may be understood by a newly developed conceptual and m… [+10281 chars]