Engineers are testing a system designed to destroy NASA's massive Space Launch System moon rocket in case of problems with its impending launch. Last week, NASA worked to certify the critical flight… [+2310 chars]
A mysterious mineral that has baffled scientists since it was first discovered seven years ago could have been spewed out on Mars during a rare volcanic eruption, researchers have revealed. The min… [+2475 chars]
It is not yet perceptible to the eye, but the length of days on Earth is getting longer. According to astronomical clocks, very different from those of our mobile phones, the days are slowly getting … [+3202 chars]
Anyone can name a star online, but the International Astronomical Union is offering a rare space opportunity: to name a planet discovered by the groundbreaking James Webb Telescope. The IAU is resp… [+3128 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]
"It has an unusually high amount of stars being born and has been used by astronomers as a laboratory to better understand the fascinating phenomena of star formation," the ESO explains. An example … [+756 chars]
Ever heard of the Macbeth Icefield? Nothing tragic or vengeful comes to mind like the Shakespeare play when looking at the photos of this magnificent West Kootenay landscape. Instead, the first wor… [+2185 chars]
Astronomers said last week that the world's largest radio telescope, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile, might've picked up a signal from the youngest exoplanet discovered to d… [+4768 chars]
A simple statistical test shows that contrary to current practice, the "gaps" within DNA protein and sequence alignments commonly used in evolutionary biology can provide important information about … [+4196 chars]
Scientists have developed a new conceptual and mathematical framework for understanding consciousness from a relativistic viewpoint. According to the theory, all we need to solve the difficult probl… [+7694 chars]
Astronomers have conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations of a binary system known as TIC 60040774. Results of the observational campaign shed more light on the properties of this system,… [+3359 chars]
image: Graph showing how fungi evolved anatomical varietyview more Credit: Thomas Smith Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that the vast anatomical variety of fungi stems from… [+2360 chars]
