Nearby black holes and their stellar companions form an astrophysical rogues' gallery in this new NASA visualization. Stars born with more than about 20 times the sun's mass end their lives as black… [+3986 chars]
A new climate simulation by NASA suggests that enormous volcanic eruptions called flood basalt eruptions could significantly warm Earths climate and destroy the ozone layer which shields us from the … [+2400 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]
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]
Accumulation of salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonates in poplar after infection with a virulent rust fungus, Melampsora larici-populina. (a, b) Concentrations of SA and its glucoside (SAG) in poplar lea… [+8540 chars]
Washington (AFP) Boeing's Starliner capsule is finally ready to reattempt a key test launch to the International Space Station on May 19, officials said Tuesday. The uncrewed flight, named OFT-2, is … [+1218 chars]
Accumulation of salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonates in poplar after infection with a virulent rust fungus, Melampsora larici-populina. (a, b) Concentrations of SA and its glucoside (SAG) in poplar lea… [+8540 chars]
Archaeologists in southern Mexico have discovered 30 carvings depicting capital I-shaped ballcourts cut into rocks. These carvings may have been used in ceremonies involving water and “ritual bloodle… [+3824 chars]
The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on May 3, 2022, peaking at 9:25 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are p… [+1088 chars]
I was cruising through the Google News science section this morning when a story popped out saying NASA has estimated a space rock the size of the Great Pyramid may hit our planet on May 6, and even … [+2472 chars]
New ancient DNA analysis has shed light on how the black rat, blamed for spreading Black Death, dispersed across Europerevealing that the rodent colonized the continent on two occasions in the Roman … [+4015 chars]
A young female bat weighing a quarter of an ounce has flown more than 1,500 miles from Russia to the French Alps, the longest bat flight ever recorded. The Nathusius pipistrelle bat bests the previo… [+4965 chars]
