The 7-day old First Quarter Moon on May 21, 2018 A single shot with the Sony a7III camera on the ... [+] 130mm Astro-Physics apo refractor with a 2X Barlow for an effective focal length of 1600mm at … [+3012 chars]
Comets have mystified humanity for millennia, but with the James Webb Space Telescope beginning science operations this month, scientists hope to unravel secrets about these icy objects. In a study … [+3161 chars]
Sunspots are typically no real reason to worry, even if they double in size overnight and grow to twice the size of the Earth itself. Thats just what happened with Active Region 3038 (AR3038), a … [+3054 chars]
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that hawks control their flight to ensure the safest landing conditions when perching, even if it takes longer and more energy to do so. Understandi… [+3817 chars]
Communication is essential for animals living together in functional communities. In flocks of birds, for example, flight maneuvers and the movements of individual animals must be quickly coordinated… [+2793 chars]
Robots are capable of treading in areas inaccessible to humans, and this was proven during recently concluded tests by the German Space Agency (DLR). During the Helmholtz Future Project, Autonomous R… [+2136 chars]
Mars can be an awfully windy place, it turns out. The Perseverance rover touched down on the Red Planet in February 2021 carrying, among other instruments, a weather station dubbed Mars Environmenta… [+3285 chars]
Living as a microbe on the Tibetan Plateau isn't easy. Frigid temperatures, high levels of solar radiation, not a lot to eat, and you'd regularly get frozen and then thawed depending on the time of y… [+2974 chars]
It's a well-known fact that satellites that orbit close to Earth are subjected to the drag of the residual atmosphere, which gradually slows the spacecraft and eventually makes them fall back to the … [+2747 chars]
Astronauts lose decades' worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, a study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space Station (I… [+3906 chars]
Earlier this year, the underwater Tonga Volcano in the Pacific Ocean resulted in a massive blast that shot out massive pressure waves through the atmosphere across the world. Shutterstock Also Read… [+2306 chars]
Researchers have created a numerical model of psychology that aims to improve mental health. The system provides superior customization and outlines the shortest path toward a set of mental stability… [+4051 chars]
