University of Victoria students are making their imprint on space research by designing and building a miniature satellite, known as a CubeSat, to go into the cosmos. The team is part of the Canadia… [+5167 chars]
Scientists using new computational methods have come up with a new insight into the potential workings of the complex atmosphere of Venus. Venus is shrouded in thick clouds made up mostly of sulfuri… [+2638 chars]
London, Aug 14 (IANS): Scientists have discovered the first definitive proof that the Moon inherited indigenous noble gases of helium and neon from the Earth's mantle. The discovery, published in th… [+2760 chars]
In this second portion of a talk at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith (2021), philosopher Steve Meyer discusses the ways in which groundbreaking astronomer Fred Hoyle (19152001) dealt with t… [+8336 chars]
On the 70th anniversary of Alan Turings seminal paper on morphogenesis, we look back at the history of the paper and its many applications. Alan Turing, often regarded as one of the fathers of moder… [+6166 chars]
NASA and SpaceX are very eager to find out whether there is life on Mars. For instance, NASA's planned Mars Life Explorer will have to dig deeper into the Red Planet to resolve the long-standing myst… [+2573 chars]
Climate change is a real problem. Human-caused outputs of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are the main driver of an unprecedented rise in global average temperatures at a speed never… [+3955 chars]
new news, news A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight Planetary Mission has revealed some startling facts. First surprise: there is little or no snow in the top 300 meters from the … [+4115 chars]
Was there ever life on Mars? Using data from the Curiosity rover, a University of Calgary (UofC) scientist is studying Mars’ geology “for signs the planet could have once supported life.” Dr. Benja… [+4063 chars]
Achieving the conditions needed for ignition has been a long-standing goal for all inertial confinement fusion research and opens access to a new experimental regime where alpha-particle self-heating… [+1671 chars]
Saturn and its spectacular rings. Elements of this image were furnished by NASA. getty Each Monday I pick out the northern hemispheres celestial highlights (mid-northern latitudes) for the week ahe… [+3575 chars]
How Many Bones Do Sharks Have In Their Bodies? Sharks are famous for a lot of things. There are the pop culture references, the fear they create of going in the ocean, and also the ‘fact’ that they … [+2920 chars]
