Insects are known to rely on microbial protection during immobile developmental stages, such as eggs. But despite the susceptibility of pupae to antagonistic challenges, the role of microbes in ensur… [+4217 chars]
A spacewalk by a pair of cosmonauts working on the European robotic arm on the International Space Station ended prematurely due to battery power issues. The purpose of the walk by Roscosmos astrona… [+2165 chars]
Newswise — Just over 250 million years ago during the end of the Permian period and start of the Triassic, reptiles had one heck of a coming out party. Their rates of evolution and diversity started… [+5420 chars]
artist's interpretation of the stormy gas giant with the red dot getty Earth hit the astrobiological jackpot some 4 billion years ago when a Mars-sized impactor slammed into our nascent planet and … [+4434 chars]
A NASA-funded sounding rocket mission will observe the remnants of an exploded star, uncovering new details about the eruption event while testing X-ray detector technologies for future missions. The… [+3314 chars]
Years of work by developmental biologists from Trinity College Dublin, working with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh's MRC Human Genetics Unit, has yielded a resource that will help research… [+3930 chars]
The Hubble Telescope has yet another feather in its cap as it has found one of the largest ever stars. The star, named R136a1, is located in a massive star cluster called R136 in the Magellanic Cloud… [+1544 chars]
The NASA-built James Webb satellite telescope is mostly used for infrared astronomy. It can study objects that are too early, far away, or dark for the Hubble Orbit Telescope, the largest optical tel… [+1264 chars]
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This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. Anyone who has ever had a pesky pet hair stuck to their clothes can sympathize with the situation NASA's Perseverance Mar… [+2036 chars]
While observing the spectra of stars almost a century ago the astronomer Adams hit upon an unusual star. The faint star in the constellation of Libra at a distance of 190 light years, just had a cata… [+4919 chars]
In the Sacred Monkey Forest of Bali, food is everywhere and masturbation is rampant. The thousand or so long-tailed macaques that live in this hotbed of hedonism have it really, really good. Every … [+3849 chars]
