The sun is moving into the hyperactive phase of its roughly 11-year cycle when sunspots, solar flares and all other sorts of tumultuous heliocentric happenings become more common. Case in point: A vo… [+1883 chars]
Video meetings dampen brainstorming because we are so hyper-focused on the face in that box that we don't let our eyes and minds wander as much, a new study found. Staring isn't good for creativity.… [+2945 chars]
An untouched, almost pure argon deposit that has been left since the formation of the Earth is set to help physicists gather better insight into the universe. The Urania Project facility in southwes… [+4494 chars]
The development of new spacesuits is a critical component of achieving NASA’s goals of returning humans to the Moon, continuing safe operations on the International Space Station (ISS), and exploring… [+3083 chars]
An international group of astronomers led by Benjamin Thomas of The University of Texas at Austin has used observations from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at the university's McDonald Observatory … [+5233 chars]
NASA has announced extensions for eight of its planetary science missions, giving a new lease on life to spacecraft studying the Moon, Mars, the outer Solar System, and more. The agency cleared th… [+8117 chars]
On this year’s Space Day in China, Wu Yanhua, deputy head of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said that China wants to build an asteroid monitoring system. Further, the nation wants to … [+2569 chars]
There’s little debate that the most exciting move in a rocket’s repertoire is when it launches itself skywards on a column of flame. But failing that, it’s still pretty interesting to see how these m… [+2468 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Could key ingredients for life have arrived from space? Scientists say yes A fresh examination of meteorites that landed in the United States,… [+3569 chars]
In physics, as in life, it's always good to look at things from different perspectives. Since the beginning of quantum physics, how light moves and interacts with matter around it has mostly been de… [+6264 chars]
An analysis of hundreds of hours of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed what makes some exoplanets incredibly hot. In a new study, a team of scientists analyzed the atmospheres o… [+2891 chars]
A team of researchers from the Institute of Scientific Instruments working with a colleague from Charles University, both in the Czech Republic, has shown that heat flows more efficiently when the te… [+2537 chars]
