A graphic shows some of the molecules found in samples taken from the asteroid Ryugu by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 mission. NASA/JAXA/Dan Gallagher.
A spectacular new video takes viewers on a flight through an ancient lakebed on the surface of Mars, revealing details of the fascinating area known as Jezero Crater. The video pans around the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero, which is currently …
Global sea levels rose more slowly in 2022 than models predicted. But there’s no reason to celebrate, according to NASA. The minor deviation from a decades-long trend was caused by the cooling effects of the La Niña climate pattern, and we are no doubt …
The moon has a date with Jupiter tonight (March 22), with the two bodies sharing the same right ascension in an arrangement astronomers call a conjunction. At the same time, Jupiter and the moon will make a close approach in the night sky, an encounter …
The cohesive force of asteroid particles influence microgravity and can be evaluated under several assumptions of particle size and their sensitivity to particle shape. Approximately hundreds of kilograms of material fall on to Earth’s atmosphere daily …
Was it alien space junk? A wandering interstellar asteroid? Or a weird comet from another sun? Ever since 2017, when astronomers in Hawaii discovered an object they called Oumuamua (Hawaiian for “scout”) zipping through the solar system, they have been …
Paleontologically, mammalian species usually persist for about a million years, says Henry Gee, a paleontologist and senior editor at the journal Nature, who is working on a book on the extinction of humans. That would put the human species in its youth.
Debashis Chanda had trouble finding a physicist who could paint. The researchers in his nanoscience lab at the University of Central Florida had already worked out the kinks in the high-end machinery needed to create a revolutionary new kind of cooling …
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a rare glimpse of a massive star 15,000 light-years away shedding a halo of gas and dust, seeding the cosmos with elements necessary for forming other stars, planets, and the building blocks of life …
Insect pests eat their way through thousands of tons of food around the world every year. Food security in developing nations is particularly affected by animal species like the grain weevil and red flour beetle which have specialized in …
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