NASA uses lasers to send information to and from Earth, employing invisible beams to traverse the skies, sending terabytes of datapictures and videosto increase our knowledge of the universe. This ca… [+7199 chars]
Uninspired by the dull scientific numbering of exoplanets? Well, here's your chance to name an alien world and its host star by connecting them to human cultures. To mark the 10th anniversary of its… [+2249 chars]
Why did humans evolve to talk, while monkeys were left to hoot, squeak and grunt to communicate? The question has long puzzled scientists, who blamed our closest primate cousins’ inability to reprod… [+3101 chars]
A team of researchers from Harvard University is planning the deep-sea fishing trip of a lifetime in search of fragments of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 meteorite that fell from the heavens with magnificent … [+2634 chars]
The discovery of a new, Neptune-sized planet called HD 56414 b around a hot-burning but short-lived, A-type star offers clues on why so few gas giants smaller than Jupiter have been seen around the b… [+3796 chars]
It's our first full day at camp at the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) site on Devon Island. With eight team members spread across four structures, the night was comfortable so long as one had either a … [+6937 chars]
On 8 August, 2021, 192 laser beams pumped vastly more power than the entire US electric grid into a small gold capsule and ignited, for a faction of a second, the same thermonuclear fire that powers … [+4275 chars]
A potentially better way to make oxygen for astronauts in space using magnetism has been proposed by an international team of scientists, including a University of Warwick chemist. The conclusion is… [+4240 chars]
In case you havent heard, were sending a probe to explore Uranus, so that we can all better understand whats happening on the surface and deep inside. Ill give you a minute to stop laughing. Everyo… [+6013 chars]
Bulging eyes. Elongated mouth. Sticky feet that oozed resin. A newly discovered bug found trapped in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber is so unusual that it needed its own family. Unfortunately, it'… [+1585 chars]
A team of researchers from Harvard University is planning the deep-sea fishing trip of a lifetime in search of fragments of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 meteorite that fell from the heavens with magnificent … [+2634 chars]
It must have originated in terrestrial ponds and before the formation of oceans The origin of life on Earth cannot be linked to a primitive ocean, as are currently accepted theories. In fact, accord… [+4079 chars]
