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The Russians apparently have been unintentionally playing the galactic version of bumper cars. It has been reported that the Chinese satellite Yunhai 1-02 broke apart into several pieces in March after it whacked into space junk from part of a Russian Zenit-2 rocket. Harvard astronomer Jonathan McDowell spotted the wreckage recently in a data log […]
A fluid dynamics model explains what happens to potentially harmful particles during handwashing.
A new review of eight existing studies published in the journal Environmental Research Letters has found that livestock farms and feedlots in North America may be emitting far more methane than previously assumed. The researchers from New York University and Johns Hopkins University found that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — which estimates methane from […]
World Penguin Day is upon us. Pioneered at McMurdo Station — an American Research center on Ross Island in Antarctica — to raise awareness and inform the public more about the plights of flightless birds, it has been embraced by environmentalists all over the globe. Scientists noticed that April 25 was the specific day on […]
Plastic debris tends to accumulate in garbage patches.
The sky crane touchdown system was a huge wager for NASA that paid off.
In a while, crocodile -- said the dinosaur. Because they were living in the same era.
If galaxies were human, GN-z11 would want you to get off its lawn.
Mothballed on NASA’s shelves were the plans to view stars 13 billion years in the past. Now, a group of astronomers from the University of Texas at Austin want to dust off ideas for a moon-based telescope and try to put them to good use. The project was first tabled more than a decade ago […]
The poor stay poorer.
Geologists mimicked conditions in soil from Mars and found growing plants could prove difficult.
The Mars Sample Return mission is an effort to bring samples of Martian rocks and soil back to Earth, where they can be investigated in unprecedented detail.
This suggests that the planet's interior is still churning away.
It could be a momentous breakthrough for a country without space exploration history.
Shorter wash cycles and cold water can reduce the amount of microfibers that end up in the ocean by 30%.
The halo surrounding the Milky Way may be much hotter than originally thought.
Australia has always been home to some weird looking creatures. Now, one of the strangest dinosaurs has also been discovered Down Under.
Deep-water probes now record fewer decibels of noise as the coronavirus has put a halt on maritime traffic.
The story of the most prolific space telescope in history.
A citizen science project that aims to help the world's corals.
It's good news for sufferers of epilepsy -- though novel treatments are still a while away.
Nature hates a vaccuum -- so why do we have one?
It was so big it punched a hole in space the size of 15 Milky Ways.
“Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
A major breakthrough could be coming to rocket engines.
Previous estimates failed to account for affluence because the rich waste much more food than the poor.
What's a good way to baffle astronomers? Send a 14 millisecond gravitational wave signal. At least that's what the Universe did.
The exoplanet orbits a star in the habitable zone and may be covered in oceans.
Scientists sent extraordinarily muscular mice to the International Space Station to study how microgravity affects muscles and bones.
As Hippocrates once said “People think that epilepsy is divine simply because they don’t have any idea what causes epilepsy. But I believe that someday we will understand what causes epilepsy, and at that moment, we will cease to believe that it’s divine.” Four of the hardest words to process are “you’ve had a seizure.” […]
The underground nuclear test was 17 times more powerful than the bomb dropped by the US over Hiroshima at the end of WWII.
We could learn a thing or two from sharks about fighting microbial infections.
A new study describes a technique that could be used to find wormholes.
These findings will have unprecedented implications for the next space mission to Titan.
This new system should, in theory, be effective against multiple cancer types, including those currently resistant to immunotherapy.
Researchers want to approach cancer like an infectious disease.
The livable habitat was prevalent for two to three billion years until rudely interrupted by a mysterious event.
Almost three billion birds have disappeared across all habitats, including backyard birds.
Weakened hurd immunity makes even vaccinated people vulnerable to mumps.
Jupiter's frigid but water-rich moon might be getting a close-up view.
It's a dark matter study. Of course, it's weird.
This is amazing -- and a bit scary.
A new dinosaur species was hiding in plain sight.
Adding soybean to your diet might help stave off some of the harmful side-effects of smoking cannabis.
Too clean is not necessarily a good thing.
Finally, the Orion capsule is now complete and ready for tests involving humans slated in 2023.
The 5,000-year-old structures have baffled historians for centuries. However, it looks like one piece of the puzzle might have come together.
For the last 60 years, humans have been sending all sorts of spacecraft to the Red Planet -- here's a rundown.
It was the most difficult launch the company has ever undertaken.
Poor posture may be causing people to grow a short protuberance from the back of the skull.
