An astrophotographer has taken a 107-hour long exposure of the Helix planetary nebula known as the Eye of God. Officially dubbed NGC 7293, the nebula is a nearby cloud of gas and dust located in the … [+2296 chars]
NASAs upcoming Mars Sample Return mission plan just received a glow-up: it will now carry a pair of twin helicopters, each capable of retrieving samples and delivering them to the ascent vehicle for … [+4760 chars]
ByScripps Research InstituteJuly 29, 2022 We think the kind of reactions weve described are probably what could have happened on early Earth, says Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy. The reaction generate… [+5314 chars]
Astronomy is certainly the oldest science, and it was already practiced in the most distant times to guide our ancestors on their first migrations around the world. However, modernization and the fac… [+2080 chars]
In the early 2030s, the European Space Agency intends to plant a probe deep within the crushing atmosphere of Venus a brutal planet that constantly burns at a blistering 864 degrees Fahrenheit (462 d… [+5683 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]
Kiwis across the country braved the cold to take photos of a beautiful meteor shower early on Saturday morning. Three meteor showers, the Piscis Austrinids, Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Ca… [+1358 chars]