WASHINGTON NASA is continuing to work with Roscosmos on a seat barter agreement despite missing a self-imposed deadline last month to complete a deal in time to allow exchanges on missions launching … [+2437 chars]
The science of spectroscopy is one of the most important areas of astronomy. Spectroscopy is the study of an objects composition by examining the light it emits. Light emitted by an object such as a … [+2959 chars]
As telescopes have become more advanced and powerful, astronomers have been able to detect more and more distant galaxies. These are some of the earliest galaxies to form in our universe that began t… [+3829 chars]
On July 4, 2012, scientists at CERN confirmed the observation of the Higgs boson, an elementary particle first proposed in the 1960s. The bosons discovery was a momentous occasion, as it meant physic… [+12298 chars]
ByRutgers UniversityJuly 2, 2022 The researchers discovered three genes, MCM5, FGGY, and DDX60L, that are strongly linked to the risk of developing eggs with an abnormal number of chromosomes when t… [+4078 chars]
Magnetic fields are common among the planets in our solar system. Although not every planet has a magnetic field, most of them do. The magnetic field of every planet is unique, having different sizes… [+3048 chars]
WASHINGTON NASA is continuing to work with Roscosmos on a seat barter agreement despite missing a self-imposed deadline last month to complete a deal in time to allow exchanges on missions launching … [+2437 chars]
Various gemstones on display in the souk of Marrakesh in Morocco. getty A 15-year study led by the Carnegie Institution for Science details the origins and diversity of every known mineral on Earth… [+5859 chars]
Scientists have identified a star that, they say, survived a massive explosion and ended up being brighter than before. The star is a kind known as a white dwarf. These are very dense objects that h… [+3594 chars]
In the early hours of March 13, 1989, the public utility Hydro-Québec went out of service. The entire province of Québec lost power for nine hours, interrupting many aspects of public life for the en… [+7120 chars]
ByVirginia TechJuly 2, 2022 A one-second discrepancy in the travel time of a set of seismic waves gives us an important and unprecedented glimpse of whats happening deeper in the Earths interior. T… [+6630 chars]
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the world's first full-scale planetary defence test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth. Researchers now show that instead of leaving… [+4034 chars]
