In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare liquified gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable: dark matter. Scientists ar… [+4525 chars]
The ocean is full of mysteries that lead to legendary lore. During a recent moonlit harbor excursion, conversation quickly turned to tales of piracy and exploration. A guide shared stories from the… [+4698 chars]
WASHINGTON T. rex still reigns as the king of dinosaurs, according to scientists who on Monday (July 25) argued against a contentious hypothesis advanced this year that the mighty meat-eater Tyrannos… [+3918 chars]
Now, a team of paleontologists has begun investigating the remains of the fish, ancient marine reptiles, squids, rare insects, and more contained within three-dimensionally preserved limestone concre… [+637 chars]
Iapetus is one of the many unique moons of Saturn. Sometimes called the yin and yang of Saturn, Iapetus was discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1671. Cassini had noticed that he could only see one side… [+3097 chars]
Recent work on how minerals form may help determine which planets are more likely to be habitable or inhabited. One-third of minerals chemical solids whose atoms are highly ordered are created direct… [+4058 chars]
<li>Stocker, T. F. et al.Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (eds T.F. Sto… [+15673 chars]
There is a massive monster lurking at the beginning of the universe, 10 billion times the mass of our Sun. And one of the James Webb Space Telescopes (JWST) first tasks will be piercing through the… [+4005 chars]
On 15 January, Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted under the sea, rocking the South Pacific nation and sending tsunamis racing around the world. The eruption was the most powerful ever … [+2244 chars]
Now that it has begun science operations, some of the top targets for the James Webb Space Telescope will be exoplanets. The telescope can identify and examine planets outside our solar system, and… [+4685 chars]
The Earth just got lucky! By a very small margin though. After 2016 CZ31, which flew past the Earth on July 29, the Earth escaped another asteroid strike today. At 600-feet, an even bigger asteroid w… [+1751 chars]
Enlarge/ The boat trip went through an area of milky sea south of the lights of an island. 4 with 4 posters participating On some moonless nights, enormous patches of the Northwest Indian Ocean and… [+3586 chars]
