Gravitational waves from inspiraling neutron stars allow us to infer the as-of-yet unknown equation of the state of cold hadronic matter at supranuclear densities. During the inspiral, the dominant m… [+2265 chars]
Some 5,000 lightyears away sits a fiery red nebula in the shape of a beautiful rose. Peering into the night skies will reveal a plethora of shapes and figures that are beyond one's imagination. The … [+3546 chars]
Jupiter as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on its 44th perijove on August 17, 2022 and ... [+] post-processed by Kevin M. Gill. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill © CC BY On Wednesday las… [+3685 chars]
A new study, published in the August issue of the journal Astrobiology, has projected that Jupiters icy moon Europa has pure snow that rises underwater to generate the moons icy crust, rather than fa… [+1080 chars]
Good news for the hardy little Mars helicopter Ingenuity, which has braved the Martian winter thus far and will soon be getting back into the air. The helicopter has been taking a break from flight s… [+2248 chars]
You must be knowing about planets in our solar system, one of them being the planet on which we live- Earth. But do you know that NASA has confirmed more than 5,000 planets beyond our solar system, s… [+2364 chars]
Planets like Proxima Centauri b experience tides hundreds of times stronger than ones that move Earths oceans twice a day. The force of those tides also tugs on the planets atmosphere, but a recent … [+6277 chars]
While for decades Mars has been the planet outside Earth that has arguably received the most attention, in recent years, planetary scientists have been setting their sites on our other neighbor: Venu… [+2321 chars]
<ul><li>Otus megalodon could swallow great white shark whole.</li><li>Except for Antarctica, its fossilised teeth have been found on every continent.</li><li>A reconstructed model shows that it was a… [+1471 chars]
<li>Barker, G. M. In The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs (ed. Braker, G.M.) 20 (CABI Publishing, England, 2001). </li><li>Kano, Y., Brenzinger, B., Nützel, A., Wilson, N. G. & Schrödl, M. Ringic… [+24091 chars]
The final array will consist of thousands of dishes. As you can imagine, it takes time to build and set up such a complex system. The project is beginning with precursor facilities like MeerKAT, an a… [+1580 chars]
At 6:28 a.m. EDT on Aug. 21, 1972, NASA's Copernicus satellite, the heaviest and most complex space telescope of its time, lit up the sky as it ascended into orbit from Launch Complex 36B at what is … [+8199 chars]
