SPACELINE Current Awareness Lists are distributed via listserv and are available on the NASA Task Book website at https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/Publication/spaceline.cfm . Please send any corresponde… [+18552 chars]
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 exploding,… [+6074 chars]
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]
Our bodies' genes work together to regulate how our cells behave. For example, if you skin your knee, your genes use a chemical messaging system to direct an army of cells to heal the abrasion. If sc… [+4897 chars]
A Crater Near The Opportunity Landing Site On Mars This lovely impact crater shows distinct boulder tracks on the right-hand side, suggesting recent (perhaps ongoing?) rockfalls. There is no sign o… [+303 chars]
SPACELINE Current Awareness Lists are distributed via listserv and are available on the NASA Task Book website at https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/Publication/spaceline.cfm . Please send any corresponde… [+18552 chars]
by Luke Barnes, Miroslav Filipovic, Ray Norris and Velibor Velovi, The ConversationAstronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning mo… [+3888 chars]
Astronomers have captured the sharpest yet image of R136a1, the largest known star. R136a1 is located at a distance of 160,000 light years, in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula, which is in the Large… [+1904 chars]
Soft and bumpy: work on soft airwater interfaces was pioneered over 10 years ago. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Grayson) Scientists in the US have found evidence that the surface of liquid water, even at … [+4049 chars]
The Sun is in a pretty active state in recent weeks and it has been continuously spewing solar flares towards earth in that period. The Earth has been getting hit by a multiple solar storms, one afte… [+1689 chars]
<li>Kabe, R., Notsuka, N., Yoshida, K. & Adachi, C. Afterglow organic light-emitting diode. Adv. Mater.28, 655660 (2016). CAS PubMed Article Google Scholar </li><li>Dang, Q. et al. Roo… [+12196 chars]
A new image produced by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details of Stephan's Quintet, the very first compact galaxy group ever discovered that was featured in the 1946 film "It's a Wonderf… [+8048 chars]