Thanks to an international team of astronomers, the largest image yet taken by the James Webb Space Telescope was released yesterday. CEERS, the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Study, has re… [+4035 chars]
Scientists at the University of Lisbon have used electron beams in a plasma reactor that astronauts could leverage to produce oxygen on the Red Planet. Vasco Guerra at the University of Lisbon, Por… [+2747 chars]
Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has revealed a couple of surprises. Image from NASA's InSight Mars… [+4855 chars]
Astronomers will be hoping for cloudy skies as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) turns its attention to exoplanetary atmospheres laden with vaporized rock and crystals such as corundum … [+6544 chars]
An astronaut captured green auroras on camera from the International Space Station on Aug. 17, 2022. (Image credit: NASA/Bob Hines) A solar storm sparked a shimmering aurora visible in space. NASA … [+3305 chars]
Aug 18 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith MSPs, or millisecond pulsars, are evolved neutron stars with brief spin periods that underwent extensive mass transfer during a low-mass X-ray binary phase. The env… [+2998 chars]
Newswise — Topological insulators, or TIs, have two faces: Electrons flow freely along their surface edges, like cars on a superhighway, but can’t flow through the interior of the material at all. It… [+6532 chars]
A previously undiscovered asteroid crater off the coast of West Africa may hold some answers about how Dinosaurs went extinct. Approximately 66 million years ago, a large asteroid, whose crater is … [+2173 chars]
The invasive Drosophila suzukii fruit fly has caused millions of dollars of damage to berry and other crops. Credit Michelle Bui, UC San Diego Applying new CRISPR-based technology to a broad agricul… [+5018 chars]
Jupiter's icy moon Europa is an ocean world encased beneath a thick crust of ice -- a place where snow floats upward. The underwater snow forms in the global ocean and travels up though the water to… [+4735 chars]
The long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns show that climate change is happening at a very fast pace. Continuous rise in temperatures, disruption of the usual balance of nature, change… [+2118 chars]
Recent research regarding a dinosaur nicknamed April, previously housed in the UK's Manchester Museum, has revealed rare new findings. Scientists made the discovery of gastroliths (stomach stones) i… [+3136 chars]