In the first year of its scientific operations, the James Webb Space Telescope will study small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, look for the oldest stars in the universe or peer inside mysterious re… [+4458 chars]
The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming missions, especially the ExoMars rover, after it became clear ESA needed "to sever" its ties with Russia, the agency's directo… [+2898 chars]
Andreas Mogensen during his 10-day Iriss mission to the ISS. Credit: ESA / NASA Edinburgh, 25 March 2022. – Danish ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has been assigned a long-duration mission to the ISS… [+826 chars]
By building the world’s first physics-based computer simulation of the process, scientists from the University of Texas at Austin tested a theory that suggests Jupiter’s moon Europa may be habitable … [+3084 chars]
Experimental design. a Computational framework to select regions and perturbation sites. b Heatmap of motif instances in the assayed regions (left); distribution of the number of motifs perturbed in … [+5262 chars]
Scientists may have finally solved the mysterious origins of the diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu: It may be the remnants of a long-dead comet. The new origin theory , taken from findings from Japan’s… [+3033 chars]
Researchers at the University of Bonn have created gas of light particles that can be extremely compressed. The study was published in the journal, 'Science'. The results of the study have confirmed… [+4417 chars]
Chemists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have developed an organic catalyst that can drive reactions using pyruvatea key biomolecule in many metabolic pa… [+4317 chars]
GPS tracking of Caspian terns showed that male parents carry the main responsibility for leading young during their first migration from the Baltic Sea to Africa.Bird migration has fascinated human m… [+2549 chars]
The later stages of pregnancy can make life difficult as the fetus presses against the diaphragm, making it hard to breathe. But snakes that constrict their victims before swallowing them whole have … [+4130 chars]
Researchers at Texas A&M University have found a way to control the charge of nanoparticles on a two-fluid interface to create a more stable system in which its charge can also be switched and co… [+3676 chars]
China is considering adding a mission to Venus to its plans for planetary exploration, according to a senior Chinese space official. The country launched its first interplanetary mission, Tianwen 1 … [+1901 chars]