On July 26, in a clean room at the Northrop Grumman facility in Gilbert, Arizona, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) let out several loud po… [+3328 chars]
The core of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has taken center stage in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Standing 10 feet (3 meters) h… [+3966 chars]
A new study has estimated the suns evolutionary process will continue for billions of more years before it runs out of its fuel and turns into a red giant. It has revealed the past and future of the … [+596 chars]
<li>Blum, J. Dust growth in protoplanetary disksA comprehensive experimental/theoretical approach. Res. Astron. Astrophys.10, 1199 (2010). ADS CAS Article Google Scholar </li><li>Birnstiel… [+12059 chars]
In a study that could help with the treatment of autism in humans, Chinese researchers discovered that mice who had their whiskers cut at a young age were more likely to develop social disorders late… [+2003 chars]
The Earth is the only planet in the solar system where liquid water exists on the surface. Our planet is fortunate enough to orbit in the suns habitable zone, which allows for the existence of condit… [+2853 chars]
High resolution images of microscopic samples can be obtained experimentally using Scanning Electron Transmission Microscopy (STEM). It is an effective method for examining the intricate structure of… [+7168 chars]
The Earth is the only planet in the solar system where liquid water exists on the surface. Our planet is fortunate enough to orbit in the suns habitable zone, which allows for the existence of condit… [+2853 chars]
Piles of ice-free, snow-like ice under the Antarctic ice shelf. According to research from UT Austin, Europa’s icy crust could be made of the same material. Image source: Helen Glazer 2015, from the … [+4470 chars]
Theres nothing quite so dramatic and inspirational as a scientific breakthrough. But what happens when different groups of scientists cant seem to agree on the science? DeepMind, an Alphabet researc… [+7285 chars]
New research based on an expedition to the icy waters off Greenland reveals soaring levels of antifreeze proteins in a species of tiny snailfish, underlying the importance of this unique adaptation t… [+4242 chars]
When scientists unveiled humanity's historic first image of a black hole in 2019depicting a dark core encircled by a fiery aura of material falling toward itthey believed even richer imagery and insi… [+4160 chars]