ByIdan Ginsburg, Georgia State UniversityAugust 21, 2022 VFTS 243 is a binary system of a large, hot blue star and a black hole orbiting each other, as seen in this animation. Credit: ESO/L.Calçada … [+7758 chars]
Jupiters icy moon Europa is an ocean world surrounded by a thick icy crust, where snow drifts upward. Underwater snow forms in the worlds oceans and migrates underwater to cling to submerged canyons… [+2830 chars]
On August 16, the results of the annual open competition for Russian Government Scholarships became available. 23 students and 17 PhD students of Ural Federal University became winners of the competi… [+1631 chars]
At 3:58 pm IST on August 21, 1972, NASA launched the heaviest and most complex space telescope of its time-- the Copernicus space telescope. Named after Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who fir… [+2846 chars]
Reported By:| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA Web Desk |Updated: Aug 22, 2022, 10:24 AM ISTOn August 19, SpaceX successfully executed a rocket landing at sea while launching a large batch of add… [+1424 chars]
What is a Black Hole? To fully appreciate why you can’t just swan dive or maneuver your spacecraft into a black hole, you must first understand the basic properties of these gravitational behemoths.… [+4910 chars]
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) has managed to capture a spectacular picture of the aftermath of two galaxies that collided with each other. This collision, which… [+2491 chars]
Researchers uncover the proteins involved in key communication networks, which could help us better understand conditions like cancer and obesity. As the researchers described in Open Biology on Aug… [+3466 chars]
UNITED STATES: On Saturday, August 20, a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship carrying tonnes of scientific equipment from the International Space Station made its way back to Earth with an ocean splashdown. Af… [+2956 chars]
Geneticists at Stanford University have figured out a way to carefully control the structure of plant roots as they grow and branch. By manipulating the depth and shape of a burgeoning root system, … [+3361 chars]
In a recent video clip, European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti talks about the smell of the International Space Station. These are the usual culprits: trash and toilet bowls. But sm… [+4371 chars]
WASHINGTON As NASA takes the primary steps to implement the suggestions of its decade-old planetary science survey, the company warns that not less than near-term funding will fall in need of this re… [+2812 chars]
