The new study published today in Science Advances proves it isn’t just albatrosses that perform the aerial acrobatics needed for dynamic soaring on the windy open ocean. The research shows that sleek… [+3064 chars]
Where are all the Trojans is a question valid in both the study of ancient history and the study of exoplanets. Trojan bodies, which share orbital paths with other, larger planets, are prevalent in o… [+3308 chars]
NASA's CAPSTONE mission, which would examine a never-studied-before orbit of the Moon, has suffered its first delay. In the latest update, Rocket Lab, which is providing the launch vehicle for CAPSTO… [+2426 chars]
NASA plans to buy five more SpaceX crewed flights to the International Space Station. The agency announced a "sole source modification" to its contract with SpaceX, which operates the only American … [+4302 chars]
"If the debris from SW3 was travelling more than 220 miles per hour when it separated from the comet, we might see a nice meteor shower," Cooke said. "If the debris had slower ejection speeds, then … [+594 chars]
Plants can grow in Lunar soil! That NASA-funded study surely has made a breakthrough discovery. A first step towards the hope that one day growing plants for food and oxygen on the moon or during spa… [+2184 chars]
Researchers have developed an enhanced version of optical coherence tomography (OCT) that can image biomedical samples at higher contrast and resolution over a wider 3D field of view than was previou… [+4195 chars]
Planet parade. Planet party. Planet-palooza. Whatever you want to call it, there will be a lovely lineup of planets visible across the early morning sky in June. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are t… [+2154 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most intricate human-made device ever carried to the universe, awed astronomers with its launch last year. The telescope boasts exceptional sens… [+10555 chars]
The data collected by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission includes a remarkable amount of data about more than 1 billion of the glossiest items in the sky. These are about to solve some of the … [+2141 chars]
Object trackingfollowing objects over timeis an essential image analysis technique used to quantify dynamic processes in biosciences. A new application called TrackMate v7 enables scientists to track… [+2340 chars]
Photomultiplier tubes lining the walls of the Daya Bay neutrino detector, October 5, 2012. Photo: Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory On June 2, scientists from a big physics proj… [+8222 chars]
