NASA has announced funding for research into 17 science fiction-esque projects aimed to advance the possibilities of space exploration, including drones to explore Venus, asteroid destroying technolo… [+3449 chars]
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) On March 4, 2022, a lonely, spent rocket booster will smack into th… [+6737 chars]
Hydrogels have an astonishing ability to swell and take on water. In daily life, they are used in dressings, nappies, and more to lock moisture away. A team of researchers has now found another use: … [+2756 chars]
Smaller than a penny, the flower-like rock artifact on the left was imaged by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the end of its robotic arm. The image was t… [+922 chars]
Getty This is an artist rendition of the Pioneer 10 spacecraft as it passes the planet Jupiter. On this day in history, March 2, 1972, NASA launched Pioneer 10 for its mission to Jupiter. The missi… [+4837 chars]
NASAs plans to return astronauts to the Moon are turning out to be an absolute disaster. The first crewed trip to the lunar surface was initially scheduled to take place in 2024. But according to a … [+3264 chars]
For almost 10 years, NASA's NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) X-ray space observatory has been studying some of the highest-energy objects in the universe, such as colliding dead stars a… [+6113 chars]
The launch of a joint Europe-Russian mission to Mars this year is now very unlikely due to sanctions imposed as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The s… [+3718 chars]
The evolution of land plants (simplified). Around 500 million years ago land plants started to spread from water to land. Credit: IST Austria. When we think of gene transfer, the first thing that po… [+5607 chars]
T and B lymphocytes, which are part of a group of immune cells commonly called white blood cells, work together to eliminate foreign invaders in the body such as viruses. However, certain diseases ca… [+3326 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope will zero in on a portion of the famous Orion Nebula, the closest region of mass star-formation to Earth, to learn more about how massive young stars shape their enviro… [+5851 chars]
Just how much carbon is in the soil? That’s a tough question to answer at large spatial scales, but understanding soil organic carbon at regional, national, or global scales could help scientists pre… [+4487 chars]
