Science and Nature

An artist’s depiction of a Voyager probe entering interstellar space. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA engineers have turned off one of Voyager 2’s science instruments due to dwindling power supplies on …

NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn reading “Goodnight Moon” aboard station for Crayola’s “Read Along, Draw Along” Credits: NASA NASA offers a world of experiences and opportunities to engage young explorers around …

The Moon may have been captured during a close encounter between a young Earth and a terrestrial binary (a system of the Moon and another rocky object), according to a …

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Showcase your creative side and your research!    They say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This year’s ASGSR conference will include an art competition, inviting researchers to bring their …

Dolphins are among the most playful and social animals on Earth, yet we don’t know much about how they communicate during games and other more light interactions. New research of …

Brains are bewilderingly complicated systems of connections between neurons. Mapping those connections is an important step in understanding how brains work. Scientists have recently completed the most ambitious effort yet …

Pilots can sometimes see gamma radiation glowing within thunderstorm clouds. Credit: Deposit Photos Thunderstorms create a lot of wind, rain, and lightning, but many people aren’t necessarily aware of another …

October 2, 2024 4 min read The Science of Melting Cheese Food science can explain why mozzarella melts like a dream while feta and ricotta don’t By Meghan Bartels Nopadol …

Experts say the volume of Switzerland’s glaciers shrank again this summer and compounded the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more …

Using data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on the frozen surface of Pluto’s …

To shape NASA’s path of exploration forward, Dr. Gioia Rau unravels stars and worlds beyond our solar system. Name: Dr. Gioia Rau Title: Astrophysicist Organization: Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, …

An illustration showing the trajectory of ESA’s Juice spacecraft during its lunar-Earth gravity assist, featuring a high-resolution ENA image of the million-degree hot plasma halo encircling Earth captured by NASA’s …

Aerobat uses a combination or rigid and soft 3D-printed materials to mimic a bat’s malleable wings. Credit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Bats are amongst the animal kingdom’s most unorthodox fliers. Unlike …

The new image of the Rosette Nebula was taken by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on NSF’s Víctor M. Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, …

During the Mesozoic era, between 250 and 120 million years ago, an ancient seafloor sank deep into Earth in the East Pacific Rise, a tectonic plate boundary on the floor …

A photo of Montana Mountain King, the cloned Marco Polo argali sheep. Credit: Department of Justice A US District Court Judge sentenced Arthur “Jack” Schubarth–the Montana man who illegally bred …

Tim Winton’s new novel Juice is being compared to the post-apocalyptic Station Eleven and The Road Buena Vista Images/Getty Images We science fiction fans are going to have our work …

An exoplanet at least half the mass of Venus orbits Barnard’s star, the closest single star to the Sun, once every 3.15 days. An artist’s impression of Barnard b. Image …

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