Heavy Metal Psyche: Biggest Main Belt Asteroid Might Be Planet Remnant
New study of biggest Main Belt asteroid, Psyche, finds it might be remnant of a planet that never fully formed. New 2D and 3D computer…
New study of biggest Main Belt asteroid, Psyche, finds it might be remnant of a planet that never fully formed. New 2D and 3D computer…
Rooftop radiative cooling system could provide lighting power when solar energy is unavailable. Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that can efficiently…
Study in mice identifies a taste cell that detects every taste but salt. Our mouths may be home to a newly discovered set of multi-tasking…
There is no question that motivation is one of the hardest and yet important factors in life. It’s the difference between success and failure, goal-setting…
Even if the climate cools, study finds, glaciers will continue to shrink. Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the…
A nifty move with nitrogen has brought the world one step closer to creating a range of useful products — from dyes to pharmaceuticals —…
The nature of dark matter remains one of the great unsolved puzzles of fundamental physics. Unexplained by the Standard Model, dark matter has led scientists…
For several weeks in the summer of 2020, NASA’s Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, had the solar system’s best view of the star…
Headed to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover, the pioneering helicopter is powered up for the first time in interplanetary space as part of…
A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of auroras…
Simple innovation expected to open multiple new avenues for quantum science. If we can harness it, quantum technology promises fantastic new possibilities. But first, scientists…
Long-term ecological site study shows no net insect changes. Scientists have been warning about an “insect apocalypse” in recent years, noting sharp declines in specific…
Scientists observed a ‘boomerang’ earthquake along Atlantic Ocean fault line, providing clues about how they could cause devastation on land. Earthquakes occur when rocks suddenly…
Observations of dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way have yielded simultaneous constraints on three popular theories of dark matter. A team of scientists led by…
Marking its 15th anniversary since launch, one of the oldest spacecraft at the Red Planet has provided glimpses of dust devils, avalanches, and more. Since…
Hubble Detects Dense, Heated Material Moving Through the Star’s Atmosphere The aging, bright-red supergiant star Betelgeuse has captivated skywatchers since antiquity. The ancient astronomer Ptolemy…
Woolly rhinoceros likely went extinct due to climate change, not overhunting. The extinction of prehistoric megafauna like the woolly mammoth, cave lion, and woolly rhinoceros…
A compound given as a dietary supplement to overweight but otherwise healthy people in a clinical trial caused many of the patients to slim down,…