Some pristine meteorites contain a record of the original building blocks of the solar system, including grains that formed in ancient stars that died before…
NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth. On September 1, NASA’s Perseverance rover unfurled…
The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived safely at Pariacabo harbor in French Guiana. ESA in close collaboration with NASA will now prepare this once-in-a-generation…
An international team of researchers has made the world’s most precise measurement of the neutron’s lifetime, which may help answer questions about the early universe….
The findings include signs of flash flooding that carried huge boulders downstream into the lakebed. The first scientific analysis of images taken by NASA’s Perseverance…
Exoplanet hunters have found thousands of planets, most orbiting close to their host stars, but relatively few alien worlds have been detected that float freely…
Ocean Life Helps Produce Clouds, but Existing Clouds Keep New Ones at Bay Stand on the ocean’s shore and take a big whiff of the…
In the near future, astronomers will benefit from the presence of next-generation telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Nancy Grace Roman…
A variable signal aligned to the direction of the galactic center is tantalizing scientists. Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the direction of the…
Scientists reveal details of a rare type of lightning that stretches into space. A rare type of lightning has had scientists scratching their heads since…
Using the world’s most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets. The University…
A new kind of concrete could reduce emissions from the construction industry. Calcium carbonate concrete is made from waste concrete and carbon dioxide from the…
Astrophysicists Explain the Origin of Unusually Heavy Neutron Star Binaries Simulations of supernova explosions of massive stars paired with neutron stars can explain puzzling results…
On October 16, 2021, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will begin its journey to visit a record-breaking number of asteroids. The 12-year mission starts from NASA’s Kennedy…
Every massive galaxy is believed to host a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at its center. Its mass is correlated with the mass of the inner…
Levels of certain microRNAs indicate risk for cognitive decline. Researchers at the DZNE and the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have identified molecules in the…
Trilobites of the suborder Phacopina had a unique eye in which about 200 large lenses in each eye spanned at least six individual facets, each…
A new study by researchers at University of Illinois Chicago suggests that when the protein optineurin, or OPTN, is present in cells it restricts the…