image: Vincent Chevrierview more Credit: Russell Cothren Associate professor Vincent Chevrier at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences was awarded $100,000 to study the stability and … [+2484 chars]
Global sterodynamic sea-level change from Altimetry observations The sterodynamic sea-level change that equates to a sum of barystatic and thermosteric sea-level change40 can be directly estimated b… [+14542 chars]
Just like a murder of crows, a shrewdness of apes and a murmuration of starlings, tightly packed stars of a similar age within the center of a galaxy have a collective name: a bulge. Most galaxies h… [+4856 chars]
If mechanoluminescent materials are subjected to external mechanical stress, they emit visible or invisible light. Such excitation can occur due to bending or gentle pressure, for example, but also c… [+4150 chars]
A pair of researchers at Michigan State University has conducted an experiment with Escherichia coli bacteria meant to help settle a long-time debate in the evolutionary community. They have written … [+2803 chars]
Hello, readers, and happy Friday! This week we’ve got some great news concerning maps and asteroids, along with updates from the world’s major space agencies. James Webb has finally powered on all it… [+7180 chars]
<li>Misra, A. K. et al. Compact color biofinder (CoCoBi): Fast, standoff, sensitive detection of biomolecules and polyaromatic hydrocarbons for the detection of life. Appl. Spectrosc.75, 14271436. ht… [+12414 chars]
Artificial intelligence has changed the way science is done by allowing researchers to analyze the massive amounts of data modern scientific instruments generate. It can find a needle in a million ha… [+6812 chars]
A meteorite that hit Earth more than 200 years ago could fundamentally change our understanding of how Mars was formed. Most of what we know about the Red Planet's interior comes from three space ro… [+5912 chars]
Photo credit: Günter Bechly. Coelacanths are considered to be “living fossils,” which do not sit well with the Darwinian assumption of evolutionary change over time driven by natural selection actin… [+815 chars]
An artist's impression of Comet Interceptor, which is due to launch in 2028 and will wait for its target for up to six years.Credit: Geraint Jones, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory The European … [+5455 chars]
When we see pictures of galaxies outside the Milky Way, what we're usually looking at is primarily the light of their stars. But stars are far from the only ingredient that makes up a galaxy. Think o… [+4386 chars]
