Astronaut Mark Vande Hei harvests plants and collects samples to analyze later for a space agriculture study. Credit: NASA Friday’s research schedule aboard the International Space Station included … [+2398 chars]
In the animal kingdom, offspring are produced via two main reproductive pathways: sexual, through the fertilization between male and female gametes, and asexual, when offspring emerge through a singl… [+1962 chars]
Almost 850 light-years away from Earth, a planet named WASP-121b makes the trip around its star. The star is a hot Jupiter, which means it is a gas giant that orbits close to its star. Because of how… [+2647 chars]
Five tiny robots designed and made in Mexico will blast off for the moon later this year, part of a first-of-its-kind scientific mission that envisions the two-wheeled bots scrambling across the luna… [+1993 chars]
A new study published in Ocean Science conducted by CAGE Ph.D. candidate Knut Ola Dølven and co-authors presents time-series data from two methane seep sites offshore western Svalbard, in the Arctic.… [+3993 chars]
To keep the ISS orbiting until 2031, the space agencies that maintain it need to periodically do something to counteract this drag force. The ISS doesnt have its own rocket engines, so it needs a reb… [+2540 chars]
The Parker Solar Probe is ready to make its 11th close flyby of the sun during its quest to understand how our neighboring star works. The plucky spacecraft, heavily shielded against the sun's radia… [+2403 chars]
We may not think of our neurons as performing complex calculations but they must do so in order to determine where sound is coming from or where a moving object is headed. For a long while, how they … [+4442 chars]
SpaceX is accusing rival Viasat of trying to use the FCC to gain access to confidential data on Starlink satellite designs. On Thursday, SpaceX made the accusation in a FCC filing defending the com… [+5929 chars]
A bevy of craters formed by material blasted from the carving of another, larger crater a process dubbed secondary cratering have finally been spotted on Earth. Several groupings of craters in southe… [+3176 chars]
Networks are systems comprising many components that interact with one another through a collection of connections, nodes and links. In a well-functioning brain, neural networks assemble the cellular… [+4914 chars]
Initial observations of an asteroid dubbed "2022 AE1" showed a potential Earth impact on 4 July 2023not enough time to attempt deflection and large enough to do real damage to a local area should it … [+7681 chars]
