Scientists have finally discovered what the material that is being spat out of an asteroid is but not exactly how it is happening. The discovery is a step towards understanding a phenomenon that ha… [+2868 chars]
Enlarge/ Stacey Morgan and her four children watch Drew Morgan launch in July 2019. 33 with 28 posters participating One of the very first things that a new NASA astronaut learns is that there is n… [+4808 chars]
Researchers in China have completed the concept study for a 6-metre (20-foot) space telescope to examine the atmosphere of nearby Earth-like planets and search for signs of life with unprecedented pr… [+4320 chars]
For the rest of this article we focus on the conscious attempts to apply the techniques of sound design and sonification in an astronomy context. Through a community effort, we have collated 98 such … [+17327 chars]
Swirling like some cosmic watercolor painting, behold this breathtaking new image of the Orion Nebula recently captured by a venerable space telescope. This dreamy Hubble Space Telescope photo is a … [+2558 chars]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Taxing carbon could be an effective way to help reduce harmful carbon emissions and slow climate change, researchers suggest. In a recent case study, various policy changes were anal… [+2523 chars]
In their paper published in Science in December 2021, a DeepMind team showed how neural networks can be used to describe electron interactions in chemical systems more accurately than existing method… [+5137 chars]
The Sun, which is bursting with solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and solar storms, is going through its middle age, estimated at 4.57 billion years. The Gaia spacecraft, which has been credited … [+2631 chars]
A comprehensive study suggests the Arabian plate is geologically stable and capable of withstanding long-term forces from surrounding tectonic activity. To better understand the earthquake hazards f… [+3292 chars]
Artist impression of Jakapil kaniukura. Credit: Gabriel Díaz Yantén. You’ve probably heard about Ankylosaurus (or at least seen a picture of it), a heavily armored four-legged dinosaur with a large … [+2311 chars]
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS) is one of the most ancient and broadly occurring mutualistic associations between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). This intimate relationship … [+1622 chars]
HRTEM images of N-CQDs (representative N-0.25 sample) show that the as-synthesized N-CQDs are spherical (Fig. 1a,c) with particle size ranging from 1.78 to 6.50 nm. The Gaussian distribution (Fig. 1b… [+15520 chars]
