Archaeological treasures, including Stone Age pottery and medieval graves with swords and jewelry, have revealed a long history of human habitation near the Danube River in Germany. At the site, in… [+2835 chars]
ByMichael Carlowicz, NASA Earth ObservatoryAugust 19, 2022 1992 2022 Global mean sea level has risen 101 millimeters (3.98 inches) since 1992, and it continues to do so at 3.9 mm (0.15 inches) per … [+5467 chars]
After an extended stay at Wildcat Ridge, the Perseverance team is preparing to head southwest to another sedimentary outcrop on the Jezero Crater delta called Enchanted Lake. This site has enchanted … [+2255 chars]
Data collection Virus-host data was collated from various sources. Major sources for the association databases included data shared by Olival et al4., Pandit et al.3, and Johnson et al.13. In data p… [+20158 chars]
Astronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning more than a million light years from end to end, the jet shoots away from a black hol… [+5288 chars]
It gets weirder: Some giant planets that spark star-killing ejections may also bring new worlds into existence as they are immolated in the stellar furnace. You can have a planet that is engulfed, th… [+1956 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]
ByMichael Carlowicz, NASA Earth ObservatoryAugust 19, 2022 1992 2022 Global mean sea level has risen 101 millimeters (3.98 inches) since 1992, and it continues to do so at 3.9 mm (0.15 inches) per … [+5467 chars]
Using synthetic genetic circuits, researchers have modified the root structures of plants, which could make crops more resilient to climate change. The effects of climate change increasingly threate… [+4620 chars]
Recently, a team led by Professor Dong Zhang from the College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, published a research article entitled "Transcriptome analysis reveals the regulatory mecha… [+2938 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]
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]