The MSL team is very happy today, because our first drill attempt since last November was successful! This Front Hazcam imageshows the drill being extracted from the new drill hole, which is surround… [+2630 chars]
Is there life on Mars? Has there ever been? It's one of the biggest questions we have about our planetary neighbor; now, research points to one particular part of the red planet that could have been … [+3014 chars]
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A solar-sailing mission is now marking three years of spaceflight, but is unlikely to celebrate a fourth anniversary. The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 is a crowdfunded solar sail that launched Ju… [+3161 chars]
Scientists have got their hands on one of the most detailed images of a dying star, that too of probably the largest one in our galaxy -- VY Canis Majoris, as per a report by The Independent. NASA/E… [+2145 chars]
Don't expect Jupiter to start devouring the rest of the floating masses in its vicinity any time soon, though. According to NASA the planet settled down roughly four billion years ago, where it's bee… [+731 chars]
Clusters of the earliest hematopoietic cells being born in the walls of the umbilical artery of a mouse embryo. The cells colored in red represent embryonic multipotent progenitor cells (eMPPs). Cred… [+5311 chars]
Supernovas are some of the biggest explosions in the Universe. These supergiant blasts represent death of a star. Very small percentage of stars in the Universe sign off in this spectacular way. Aft… [+1091 chars]
Earlier this year, a Chinese rocket booster crashed into the lunar surface in a rare example of a piece of human-made debris colliding with the moon. Now, the site of this crash has been imaged by NA… [+2506 chars]
A gigantic sunspot has swelled to twice Earth’s size, doubling its diameter in 24 hours, and it’s pointed right at us. Sunspot AR3038 seen in the center of this screenshotted image of the sun via NA… [+4163 chars]
Synthesis and characterization of prevelex Prevelex was synthesized as previously reported34 and characterized using GPC and FT-IR spectroscopy to determine the molecular weight and functional group… [+12483 chars]
The JWST team has completed 10 of 17 "modes," or checkpoints, on the road to booting up the telescope. Successful testing means we're still on the path to receiving the first JWST images this summer… [+5519 chars]
