In a partial response to a report alleging evidence of several significant anomalies during a recent private astronaut launch that could affect a crew of NASA astronauts launched last month, the spac… [+6626 chars]
Enlarge/ Planetary scientist Paul Byrne created this compilation of NASA images showing the InSight spacecraft on its 10th day on Mars, and the lander 1,201 days later. 57 with 37 posters participa… [+2640 chars]
High up in the canopy of the California redwood forests, the wandering salamander lives, eats and soars. Scientists are marveling at the skydiving amphibians and their ability to effortlessly glide a… [+2173 chars]
Olfactory exposure to late-pregnant and lactating mice produces analgesia in male but not female mice in the radiant heat paw-withdrawal test. (A and B) Latency to hind paw-withdrawal (s) from radian… [+3618 chars]
Why are Ediacaran fossils so important?Apart from the incredible luck of them actually being found, these fossils represent one of the most important steps in the evolution of life on this planet. As… [+10826 chars]
LONG BEACH, Calif. The launch of a NASA mission to the asteroid Psyche has been delayed at least a month and a half because of a problem with the spacecrafts software, the agency confirmed May 23. I… [+2486 chars]
Hi. My name is Hiro Hamada and Ive been working on something thats pretty cool. This is a microbot! To thunderous applause from an appreciative audience, Hiro, the main character in the Disney anim… [+6381 chars]
Hi. My name is Hiro Hamada and Ive been working on something thats pretty cool. This is a microbot! To thunderous applause from an appreciative audience, Hiro, the main character in the Disney anim… [+6381 chars]
An artist's conception of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander on the lunar far side. Blue Origin, Inc./Jack Burns In the foothills of Colorados Rocky Mountain front range - an area well known for cuttin… [+5991 chars]
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained on real astronomical observations now outperform astronomers in sifting through massive amounts of data to find new exploding stars, identify new types… [+9670 chars]
A new study co-led by a Cedars-Sinai investigator has identified a gene that plays an important role in a biological pathway involved in embryo development. The gene's impact at the cellular level co… [+3068 chars]
This striking pair is an elliptical galaxy NGC 541 and an unusual star-forming, irregular dwarf galaxy known as Minkowski's object (the bluish object to the lower left of NGC 541). Elliptical galaxie… [+1571 chars]