In a new study, scientists suggest that the reason Venus is not tidally locked to the Sun like the way the Moon is locked to the Earth, is the soupy, fast-moving, hot atmosphere on Venus. The scienti… [+2039 chars]
Tiny crystals of zircon dated to 3.8 billion years ago contain the earliest geochemical evidence yet for plate tectonic activity here on Earth. Isotopes and trace elements preserved in the crystals … [+3861 chars]
Russia on April 23, performed course-correction manoeuvres to save the International Space Station (ISS) from colliding with space debris. Russian space agency Roscosmos Director-General Dmitry Rogoz… [+2267 chars]
Extremely fast cosmic explosions puzzling scientists may be outbursts arising from dying stars, new research suggests. Dubbed fast blue optical transients (FBOTs), because of their "blue" heat and v… [+3546 chars]
The eerie, ethereal sound of the singing saw has been a part of folk music traditions around the globe. Made from bending a metal hand saw and bowing it like a cello, the instrument reached its heyd… [+5398 chars]
Astrobotic revealed the flight model of its new Peregrine lunar lander on April 20th, 2022. The new model differs from previous test models and is the actual version of Peregrine that will fly to th… [+1852 chars]
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5477, an archetypal dwarf galaxy in the Messier 101 group. Without obvious structure, but with visible signs of ongoing starbirth, NGC 5477 looks much like an arch… [+3084 chars]
