Scientists have long known the fate of our solar system – and likely the fate of Earth itself. Our Sun will eventually become a red giant and swallow Earth.[ 25-10-2021 01:30 AM ]
While analyzing some of the world’s oldest colored gemstones, researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life, encased in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby. The research team, led by Chris Yakymchuk, professor of Ear…[ 25-10-2021 01:21 AM ]
Advertisement By the end of 2017, researchers at MIT stated that they had found a way to create light-emitting plants. This was done by embedding specialized nanoparticles into the leaves of watercress plants that enabled them to emit a very dim light for ar…[ 25-10-2021 12:23 AM ]
Scientists have directly observed one of the youngest planets yet seen at 'just' several million years old..[ 24-10-2021 11:38 PM ]
The new system and software have the capability to present a wide variety of full dome shows, as well as project flat images on the dome such as[ 24-10-2021 11:10 PM ]
On October 1, 2021, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…[ 24-10-2021 10:52 PM ]
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows an odd couple: One large spiral galaxy and its diminutive companion.[ 24-10-2021 10:24 PM ]
NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid… on purpose! Our #DARTmission is a first-of-its-kind #PlanetaryDefense test to change the motion of an asteroi...[ 24-10-2021 09:45 PM ]
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) celebrated this week as connectivity with the Mars-based Perseverance rover was restored. The planned period of radio silence was the result of...[ 24-10-2021 08:04 PM ]
NASA has completed stacking of its mega-Moon rocket and spacecraft that will launch the next generation of deep space operations, including Artemis missions on and around the Moon, the agency said.[ 24-10-2021 07:57 PM ]
Boeing's Starliner capsule won't be carrying astronauts to the International Space Station soon, but officials say they are zeroing in on fixing of the issue.[ 24-10-2021 07:02 PM ]
This global view of the surface of Venus is centered at 180 degrees east longitude. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics from the first cycle of Magellan mapping are mapped onto a computer-simulated globe to create this image. Data gaps are filled with P…[ 24-10-2021 06:48 PM ]
As a scientist at both NASA and JAXA, James O'Donoghue has studied the planets. In his free time, he makes award-winning animations of them.[ 24-10-2021 05:00 PM ]
During the solar conjunction period, the project’s science and engineering teams have had time to digest the data from Perseverance collected since the rover landed in Jezero crater. While taking a step back from the normal routines of operating the rover and…[ 24-10-2021 04:47 PM ]
China has test fired a huge new solid rocket motor, creating more propulsion options for the country’s growing space activities.[ 24-10-2021 03:52 PM ]
But wait, there’s more – lots more. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and all those prospective space tourists (hello, William Shatner) should know[ 24-10-2021 03:50 PM ]
The last week of October and first days of November, 2021, offer a splendid chance for northern hemisphere stargazers to spot the planet Mercury in the morning sky.[ 24-10-2021 03:29 PM ]
Mammoths and other giant creatures of the Ice Age such as woolly rhinos survived longer than scientists thought, coexisting with humans for tens of thousands years before they vanished for[ 24-10-2021 12:35 PM ]
Remains of an ancient crab was found trapped in amber, which according to researchers dates back to 100 million years -- the oldest modern-looking crab to ever be discovered. Javier Luque/ Lida XingAlso Read: Scientists Discover 99 Mil…[ 24-10-2021 10:09 AM ]
The team hopes that this discovery will help us understand the physics behind accretion – how black holes and neutron stars feed material from their nearby stars.[ 24-10-2021 09:52 AM ]