We live in a world made and run by RNA, the equally important sibling of the genetic molecule DNA. In fact, evolutionary biologists hypothesize that RNA existed and self-replicated even before the ap… [+7897 chars]
A rare solar eclipse Saturday (April 30) stunned viewers across Antarctica, the southern tip of South America, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. While much of the partial solar eclipse of April 3… [+4049 chars]
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.In fact it’s cold as hell Elton John, Rocketman Mars is hard. Only 26 of 56 missions sent to Mars have been successful. Landing on Mars is especially… [+13043 chars]
May offers an unusual skywatching bounty: the possibility of two major celestial highlights occurring within the span of a single month. The first, a total lunar eclipse , is a certainty, but the s… [+6689 chars]
A cross-disciplinary University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) team has demonstrated a major breakthrough in using automated synthesis to discover new molecules for organic electronics applic… [+8156 chars]
Scientists say they have identified the two largest tremors ever recorded on the Red Planet. swamp is a seismic The event that occurs on the surface of Mars. It is similar to earthquakes that occur … [+3916 chars]
There's an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn't develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike our reptilian ancestors, we humans might be able to save… [+5077 chars]
Seagrasses play an important role in the climate. They are one of the most efficient sinks of carbon dioxide on Earth. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology now r… [+5700 chars]
The moon will point the way to the usually elusive Mercury tonight (May 2). You can catch the two celestial bodies to the west, about 45 minutes after sunset, according to NASA. Mercury will be a fu… [+1875 chars]
The NASA Perseverance Mars Rover captured absolutely magnificent HD footage of a rarely seen solar eclipse featuring Phobos, one of two moons orbiting the Red Planet using its onboard Mastcam-Z camer… [+516 chars]
ByPreston Dyches, NASA/JPLMay 2, 2022 Whats Up for May? The planets of dusk and dawn, a lunar eclipse, and the Coma star cluster. Sky chart showing Mercury low in the western sky on May 2, accompan… [+4945 chars]
Promising MOFs were identified computationally and experimentally demonstrate remarkable methane uptake that outperforms known benchmarks both volumetrically and gravimetrically. Advanced set of inte… [+6693 chars]
