In its earliest stages, long before it sprouts its signature appendages, a starfish embryo resembles a tiny bead, spinning through the water like a miniature ball bearing. Now, MIT scientists have o… [+6596 chars]
While the world was in awe of the James Webb Space Telescope‘s (JWST) phenomenal, high-quality photo set of the universe, NASA also quietly released two new images of the planet Jupiter. The photos,… [+5637 chars]
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy that appears to be flashing with surprising regularity. The signal is classified as a fast … [+5842 chars]
<li>Woods, A. et al. Andean drought and glacial retreat tied to Greenland warming during the last glacial period. Nat. Commun.11, 5135 (2020). ADS CAS PubMed PubMed Central Article Goo… [+9128 chars]
(CNN)The European Space Agency terminated its cooperation with Russia to launch Europe's first planetary rover, the agency's chief said Tuesday. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, and ESA were col… [+1702 chars]
In 2011, a small meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert. Designated Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 or "Black Beauty," the blackened chunk of volcanic crystal turned out to be a little piece of Mars, f… [+6582 chars]