If you've ever gazed at the stars and wondered what it'd take to make it to space, the answer might be simpler than you'd expect. NASA is accepting names to be flown around the moon on its upcoming … [+552 chars]
<ul><li> Newly discovered blob-shaped structures are the biggest ones we’ve seen in Earth’s mantle so far.</li><li>Located low in the mantle layer, the blobs influence the motions of the mantle and… [+3112 chars]
A NASA spacecraft is on its way to slam into a space rock, but what happens next is still unclear. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART ) mission launched in November and will arrive at its d… [+4387 chars]
Seamus Anderson with the meteorite at the location it was found using the drone seen in the background. Credit: Curtin University Curtin researchers have recovered a freshly fallen meteorite after p… [+3397 chars]
LGBT+ physicists often face harassment and other behaviors that make them leave the profession, according to a new study, which comes as physics as a discipline has attempted to grapple with equity a… [+6422 chars]
Astronomers have captured the moment a star, 500 million light years from Earth, exploded in a dramatic supernova, marking the end of its life. A type II supernova explosion happens when a very larg… [+4705 chars]
Newswise — LGBT+ physicists often face harassment and other behaviors that make them leave the profession, according to a new study, which comes as physics as a discipline has attempted to grapple wi… [+6324 chars]
Around 500,000 people in the UK live with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a life-long, chronic condition characterised by sporadic bouts of gut inflammation causing debilitating symptoms. Crohn's D… [+5937 chars]
Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. What do you get when you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter? Pi in the sky! The number pi, that is. It's March 14, or 3-14,… [+1007 chars]
It's such a rare occasion for astronomers to detect an asteroid before it impacts the Earth that only 4 asteroids had been spotted before they entered the Earth's atmosphere: 2008 TC3, 2014 AA, 2018 … [+2060 chars]
Astronomers have captured the moment a star, 500 million light years from Earth, exploded in a dramatic supernova, marking the end of its life. A type II supernova explosion happens when a very larg… [+4705 chars]
Ten years ago, as a new PhD graduate looking for my next position, I found myself in the academic cold. Nothing says you are an outsider more than a paywall asking US$38 for one article. That fuelled… [+5319 chars]
