For many years, the human genome was viewed as a book of life in which sections of great eloquence and economy of expression were interspersed with vast stretches of gibberish. The legible sections c… [+6633 chars]
Here's an opening line pulled straight from the pages of a science fiction novel: a team of quantum physicists has finally succeeded in creating a system composed of two time crystals. In 2016, rese… [+7713 chars]
NASAs DAVINCI mission, set to launch in the late 2020s, will examine the genesis, evolution, and current state of Venus atmosphere through a Student Collaboration Experiment that will be conceived, c… [+3571 chars]
Asteroids have always remained the center of attention for astronomers and physicists, but there are some asteroids that carry a significant impact because of their peculiar characteristics. An aster… [+2916 chars]
Around 13,200 years ago, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating-season battle with a rival in what today is northeast Indiana, nearly 100 miles from his home territory, according to the first… [+7716 chars]
Around 13,200 years ago, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating-season battle with a rival in what today is northeast Indiana, nearly 100 miles from his home territory, according to the first… [+7716 chars]
The known stellar massblack holes are part of binary systems. All black hole masses so far have been inferred statistically based on observations of binary systems, or supermassive black holes at the… [+6119 chars]
NASA is targeting June 18, for the next wet dress rehearsal test of the Artemis I Moon rocket - Space Launch System (SLS) - and the Orion spacecraft, with tanking operations on Monday, June 20. This… [+1634 chars]
One of the most interesting discoveries about Earth in the past few decades concerns the Earth’s magnetic poles. Paleomagnetic records show that the poles have flipped places 183 times in the last 83… [+9478 chars]
The postponement of NASAs Psyche asteroid projects launch has forced another asteroid mission to modify its preparations. Janus, a NASA smallsat mission chosen in 2019, will launch two identical spa… [+5869 chars]
The Comet Interceptor mission was formally adopted by ESA at a meeting in Madrid, with the next step to select a contractor to build the spacecraft and a robotic probe. Due for launch in 2029 it wil… [+3829 chars]
Observations in multiple wavelengths are still ongoing. (Pixabay/Representative photo) Researchers have recently found a new member of a rare category of a star in the Milky Way. According to Scienc… [+2281 chars]