ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryAugust 17, 2022 Artists rendering of NASAs Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Europa Clipper spacecraft will occupy the main production facility of N… [+8316 chars]
Watch the moon as it appears to "hop" over Uranus in the afternoon sky tomorrow (Aug. 18). The moon will pass in front of the planet Uranus — an event known as lunar occultation — at 11:50 EDT (1… [+2239 chars]
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new alien world. The newfound exoplanet, designated TOI-2196 b, turns out to be a type o… [+3232 chars]
A team of neurophysicists, led by Malte Brammerloh of MPI CBS, found evidence that the identification of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sign for Parkinson's diagnosis, as a specific anatomical re… [+2981 chars]
Sitting outside on a summer evening always sounds relaxing until flies and mosquitoes arrive then the swatting begins. Despite their minuscule eyes and a brain roughly 1 million times smaller than yo… [+5687 chars]
Posted on Aug 17, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Cosmology, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Early Universe, Extraterrestrial Life, Hubble Tension, James Webb Space Telescope, Multiverse, NASA, Science, S… [+5824 chars]
Identification, cloning and characterization of a repetitive DNA family in species of the Bufo bufo group Genomic DNA from one adult Bufo bufo female from Bologna (Italy) was digested with the restr… [+20246 chars]
We often think of astronomy as a visual science with beautiful images of the universe. However, astronomers use a wide range of analysis tools beyond images to understand nature at a deeper level. D… [+6363 chars]
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]
<li>Payne, J. L. et al. Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA106, 2427 (2009). … [+12985 chars]
In an effort to revolutionise wearable exoskeletons and soft robotics, a group of biomedical engineers in Australia have created a smart textile that integrates artificial "muscles." The scientist… [+1769 chars]
Blue areas depict the largest and youngest craters including Karratha, the source of the Black Beauty meteorite.Credit: A. Lagain et al./Nature Commun. Machine learning locates meteorite source on M… [+3521 chars]
