Desert landscapes are not as lifeless as they look. Vast seas of sand dunes can not only grow, move, and interact with one another, a recent study suggests they can also 'breathe'. Using a super-se… [+2836 chars]
A Nasa astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a US record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war. Mark Vand… [+5406 chars]
Saturn sure makes for a grand view in the night sky. After all, it is the only planet in our solar system with easily visible majestic rings. If you have seen Saturn through an everyday telescope, it… [+1391 chars]
UCLA scientists have discovered a new source of super-fast, energetic electrons raining down on Earth, a phenomenon that contributes to the colorful aurora borealis but also poses hazards to satellit… [+4951 chars]
Invasive exotic species are considered one of the main causes of the current biodiversity crisis. In recent years, humans have introduced 200 species of ant from outside of their natural area of dist… [+5386 chars]
To administer this COVID test, Todd Kautz had to lay on his belly in the snow and worm his upper body into the narrow den of a hibernating black bear. Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully s… [+10274 chars]
The CIC biomaGUNE Molecular and Functional Biomarkers group has developed a rapid, cost-effective, synthetic, microwave method for producing ultra-small manganese ferrite nanoparticles that act as ad… [+4563 chars]
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers has detected 13 new pulsars in the globular cluster NGC 1851. Twelve of them turned out to be millisecond pulsars (MSPs). The d… [+3366 chars]
Although they are currently the greatest predators on land, its likely that modern-day cats wouldnt have been a match for the newly discovered Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae. At around 42 million year… [+6013 chars]
The "chaos" regions on Jupiter's moon Europa might hold keys to the possible existence of life in the ocean under the moon's icy crust. A fresh look at an older theory lends more weight to the idea … [+4018 chars]
Two years after SpaceX flew its first astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in the Crew Dragon capsule, the company has revealed its ending production of the spacecraft. Speaking to Re… [+2304 chars]
The Universe isn't a chaotic free-for-all. Most of the stars are bound up in galaxies, which are separated by vast, almost unimaginable distances. The space between the galaxies intergalactic space … [+4140 chars]