In the next few days, a 23-tonne piece of rocket will plummet to earth at about 15,000 miles per hour. Much of it may burn up on re-entry, but a significant amount will not. It could land as one pie… [+5293 chars]
On December 25th, 2021, after many years of waiting, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finally launched to space. In the sixth-month period that followed, this next-generation observatory unfurle… [+8156 chars]
Space launches, specifically morning space launches, are causing spectacular shining clouds to appear in new places, according to recent research published in the journal Advancing Earth and Space Sc… [+5834 chars]
Figure 1 shows examples of the Brillouin scattering spectra obtained at different temperatures in the cooling process and the frequency range of±75 GHz. In Fig. 1a, two modes are clearly visible. The… [+13119 chars]
ByKyushu UniversityJuly 29, 2022 More than a million individuals in Japan are believed to suffer from hikikomori, and research over the last ten years has suggested that the disease is spreading int… [+2953 chars]
On the second anniversary of the launch of China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission, its orbiter shared a stunning image of the biggest moon on the red planet, Phobos. This is a result of the high-resolution c… [+1668 chars]
Similar to humans, chimpanzees use communication to coordinate their cooperative behavior -- such as during hunting. When chimpanzees produce a specific vocalization, known as the "hunting bark," the… [+3422 chars]
For the first time in almost 5,000 years of observations, researchers have fully cataloged optical illusions created in the sky as light shines through ice crystals known as atmospheric halos. The … [+4843 chars]
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission will lift off one month from today (July 29), if all goes according to plan. The agency is working toward an Aug. 29 launch for Artemis 1 , which will use a Space Laun… [+3164 chars]
On Aug. 22, 2016, a fireball streaked across the sky over South Australia. A low, bright meteor. It was one of hundreds of space rocks that plunge through Earths atmosphere every yearand are big enou… [+8554 chars]
The Advanced WAKEfield Experiment (AWAKE) is a large experiment carried out at CERN that investigates plasma wakefield acceleration. It is the first research effort in this field to use a relativisti… [+5550 chars]
Radio waves from space flow through our atmosphere every day, but the fast, steady and repeated bursts that were detected in 2019 and recently released to the public are unusual and mysterious. Kiy… [+830 chars]
