U.K. engineers are currently testing a device that will make GPS navigation work on the moon ahead of a 2024 launch of a demonstration mission. The device, called NaviMoon, was built by Switzerland-… [+3822 chars]
Hot on the heels of the year's first solar eclipse — a partial eclipse on April 30 — a total lunar eclipse is on the horizon. Between the late evening of May 15 and the early morning of May 16, depe… [+2973 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]
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… [+8180 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]
A newly published study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mnoa revealed that bacteria alter their swimming patterns when they get into tight spacesmaking a beeline to escape from confine… [+3449 chars]
SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut mission will get to spend a few extra hours aboard the International Space Station (ISS), if all goes according to plan. Crew-3's Dragon capsule had been scheduled to dep… [+2382 chars]
A new study by scientists at the University of Utah explains how mom and dad's genes shape behavior. Each parent has a unique influence on hormones and other chemical messengers that control mood and… [+2828 chars]
We all must play the game of life with the cards were dealt, so the common aphorism goes. In biology, this means organisms must compete through natural selection with the genes and anatomy they were … [+6315 chars]
May 3 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith According to a new study, there was a period of accelerated global climate change in an ice-capped world about 304 million years ago, similar to the present. In just… [+4638 chars]
There are approximately 750 species of salamander known to science, a third of which reside in North America. Now, a team of researchers led by R. Alexander Pyron, the Robert F. Griggs Associate Prof… [+2775 chars]
A recent proposed update to the Canada's Criminal Code will extend the Mounties' jurisdiction to the moon. As CBC reports: In the Budget Implementation Act, under the subhead Lunar Gateway Canadia… [+1747 chars]
