Rockets that were meant to launch European satellites will now be used for Russian companies or countries friendly to Moscow Published: Thu 24 Mar 2022, 11:56 PM Russias space director said on Thur… [+1629 chars]
Astronauts Raja Chari (at top, right) and Matthias Maurer (top, left) work together outside the U.S. Quest Airlock at the start of their spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. Credit: … [+1133 chars]
image: Charm quarks and antiquarks in protons of atomic nuclei of the Earth's atmospheric gases may produce some of neutrinos recorded by modern neutrino detectors.view more Credit: Sources: IceCub… [+9820 chars]
The number of sunspots on our sun typically ebbs and flows in a predictable 11-year cycle, but one unusual 70-year period when sunspots were incredibly rare has mystified scientists for 300 years. No… [+7110 chars]
ESA's Gaia mission has found that the thick disk of our Milky Way galaxy began forming 13 billion years ago, around 2 billion years earlier than expected and just 0.8 billion years after the Big Bang… [+2296 chars]
Astronomers may not be able to build huge complicated power-hungry observatories in the future if they wish to reduce their carbon footprint to meet greenhouse gas emission targets. Powerful ground … [+4510 chars]
In January 2031, the International Space Station will fall to Earth and land in the depths of Point Nemo, a watery graveyard 2,000 miles (3,219 kilometres) north of Antarctica. The space station wil… [+4205 chars]
Spinosaurus, the longest predatory dinosaur known, is opening its elongate jaws, studded with conical teeth, to catch a sawskate. Contrary to previous suggestions, this animal was not a heron-like wa… [+9295 chars]
The largest ever carnivorous dinosaur bigger than the Tyrannosaurus rex hunted its prey underwater, according to researchers. Driving the news: A team of researchers recently published a study that … [+1141 chars]
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The number of sunspots on our sun typically ebbs and flows in a predictable 11-year cycle, but one unusual 70-year period when sunspots were incredibly rare has mystified scientists for 300 years. No… [+7110 chars]
A nitrogen doped carbon-coated nickel anode can catalyze an essential reaction in hydrogen fuel cells at a fraction of the cost of the precious metals currently used, Cornell University researchers h… [+3411 chars]
