New documents suggest that NASA officials dismissed concerns raised by the LGBTQ community over the name of its newest observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA was aware that discrimination… [+3269 chars]
Enlarge/ The three-dimensional structures of proteins provide many opportunities for specific interactions. 18 with 14 posters participating Thanks in part to the large range of shapes they can ado… [+3276 chars]
Using a microphone, a laser, and some crafty mathematics, a team of scientists has measured the speed of sound on Mars, in what is a scientific first and another cool finding made possible by NASAs P… [+3726 chars]
The speed of sound is not constant. It varies based on the density and temperature of the medium through which it travels. Sound travels fast when the medium is dense. Scientists recently confirmed … [+1642 chars]
A team of ETH researchers headed by Athina Anastasaki were successful in breaking down plastic into its molecular building blocks and recovering over 90% of them. This is the first step towards genui… [+5141 chars]
NASA is pressing ahead with plans to start a three-day dress rehearsal countdown for the agency's new SLS/Artemis-1 moon rocket on April 1, officials said Friday. The plan gives the test priority ove… [+3888 chars]
Astronomers are spotting near-Earth objects more frequently. NASA The same astronomer who recently discovered a small asteroid just a few hours before it smashed into our atmosphere has spotted ano… [+1384 chars]
The commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space is cleared to launch the world's first all-private mission to the International Space Station in April, but only after a critical test of NASA's new Ar… [+6112 chars]
On Scotlands west coast is the Firth of Clyde, a large saltwater inlet home to thousands of harbor porpoisesand one dolphin named Kylie. Kylie hasnt been observed with other common dolphins (Delphin… [+8665 chars]
Amongst the high mountain meadows and grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau stands one primate, the gelada-the “bleeding heart” monkey named for its brilliant red chest. Geladas are the last of their k… [+12202 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]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The next four-person crew set to fly to the International Space Station will hitch a ride on a SpaceX Crew Dragon named "Freedom." NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren shared the new c… [+859 chars]
