After being puzzled for more than 60 years, scientists at NASA have finally developed a theory that can explain how the explosions on the Sun take place. This has also revealed how solar flares are b… [+2077 chars]
The spread of fake news through "pavement media" in Africa means the continent needs unique techniques to tackle the spread of misinformation, a new study says. Discussions about current affairs in … [+3747 chars]
WASHINGTON A NASA lunar cubesat mission is now scheduled to launch in late May on a Rocket Lab Electron after resolving issues with the rockets kick stage. In a call with reporters after the May 2 l… [+2550 chars]
Word of an extraordinarily inexpensive material, lightweight enough to protect satellites against debris in the cold of outer space, cohesive enough to strengthen the walls of pressurized vessels exp… [+7205 chars]
New research published today in eLife by researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the University of Bristol (UB) moves back the moment of the radiation of squa… [+3378 chars]
Mars is full of volcanoes, such as these ones in the Tharsis region: Ceraunius Tholus and Uranius ... [+] Tholus. This image came from data taken during separate orbits of the European Space Agency's… [+2281 chars]
Never-ending fields, towering dunes, and irregular ridges on Io could be formed by winds and lava flowing under a crust of sulfur dioxide ice. A study published on April 19, 2022, in Nature Communica… [+1216 chars]
<li>Boivin, N. L. et al. Ecological consequences of human niche construction: Examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA113, 63886396 (2016).… [+24321 chars]
Welcome to our weekly recap of our Planetary Picture of the Day (PPOD)!Mars, more Mars, planet line up and a map of the Milky Way! Monday, April 25, 2022 Credit: Pablo Carlos BudassiFull size here:… [+1898 chars]
Astronomers are awaiting the summer day when the four instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope will take their first science data a moment decades in the making. On Thursday, NASA and ESA ann… [+4069 chars]
This network of long grooves and scratches forms part of a giant fault system on Mars known as Tantalus Fossae, and is shown here as seen by ESA's Mars Express. At first glance, these features look a… [+3656 chars]
The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510 take center stage in this image from the Dark ... [+] Energy Camera, a state-of-the art wide-field imager on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope a… [+2773 chars]