To date, Mars is the only planet in our solar system that humanity has successfully sent and landed rovers on the surface. As of 2021, there have been a total of six successful missions to Mars that … [+3315 chars]
In September 2020, researchers announced they had found the molecule phosphine in the atmosphere. On Earth, the molecule is linked to biological activity, aka life. Its presence on Venus was not expe… [+2591 chars]
This thin halo-like ring is obscured by the bright orange glow of the original image, but it was predicted by advanced simulations. The team's findings, published yesterday, August 16, in The Astroph… [+1241 chars]
UNITED STATES: Two plasma clouds ejected from the sun in the last two days may have caused stunning aurora displays to be visible considerably farther south than usual. According to the U.K. forecas… [+2315 chars]
ByETH ZurichAugust 17, 2022 Gravity is a fundamental interaction that causes anything with mass or energy to attract one other. The Gravitational Constant The gravitational constant G determines t… [+3963 chars]
A plume of "dark plasma" hurled from the sun will be engulfed to form a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection which will sideswipe the Earth on Thursday (Aug. 18), causing a strong G3 geomagnetic storm.… [+4407 chars]
Trapped ion computers are quantum computers in which the qubits (quantum units of information) are ions trapped by electric fields and manipulated with lasers. To avoid crosstalk between nearby qubit… [+4450 chars]
The doomed SOFIA observatory has made an earlier-than-planned return from New Zealand as the Boeing 747-based platform prepares to enter its final month of operations. The Stratospheric Observatory … [+2033 chars]
She was dead tired but couldnt sleep, couldnt think straight, and could barely walk. The muscle pain in her arms and legs was so bad that she spent days in bed. When she did get up, she used a wheelc… [+2872 chars]
On August 17, 2017 , scientists made a discovery that rocked the world of physics: they directly observed two neutron stars slamming into each other. Formed in the collapse of a massive star, when … [+5013 chars]
How do we make medicine last the extreme conditions of space exploration? How would you manage a headache while flying to Mars? You might try the Earth remedy of taking a painkiller. But on a 2-yea… [+4647 chars]
Tracing the symptomology of predation through macroscopic plaques A culture bioassay (Expanded Microcoleus Mortality Assay, or EMMA) (Fig. 1 and see Materials and Methods) based on the capacity of a… [+24827 chars]
