How do we know what asteroids are made out of?
Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the Solar System: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets…
‘City killer’ asteroid YR 2024 will narrowly miss the moon, James Webb Telescope reveals
The moon will officially be spared from an explosive encounter with a “city-killer” asteroid in 2032, new observations…
A 67-Year-Old Physics Theory Was Accidentally Confirmed, Setting the Stage for the Future of Energy
Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have confirmed the existence of a massless particle, long theorized by…
10 incredible images and videos of ‘nature’s engineers’ that can build structures seen from space
Beavers are ecosystem engineers, transforming the landscape by building dams. They do this as they need deep water…
Flipped Chromosomal Segments Drive Natural Selection
When a species lives in two distinct types of habitats, individuals with traits better suited to each habitat…
ESA Has Lost Contact With One of Its PROBA-3 Spacecraft
Credit: ESA / DTU Space The European Space Agency announced on 6 March that it had lost contact…
Watch a 4,000-Pound Hippo Casually Chase Off Five Crocs in Kenya’s Maasai Mara
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Cellular Switch Explains Why Humans Aren’t Nocturnal
Early mammals were nocturnal, sleeping during the day while large predators were active. However, after the extinction of…
Work ongoing to restore contact with Proba-3’s Coronagraph
Enabling & Support 06/03/2026 983 views 15 likes An anomaly onboard the Proba-3 mission’s Coronagraph spacecraft led to…
‘Underwater Panda’ discovered near Japan: Tiny 1-inch translucent marine species found 20 meters deep under sea |
Marine exploration often reveals unusual life forms that remain hidden beneath the ocean surface for years. In the…
Astronomers built the largest and most accurate 3D map of the ultraviolet universe
The space between galaxies is not empty. In a new map of the early universe, those “blank” stretches…
this portable turbine generates energy even at night and in the rain, and promises to charge your cell phone, laptop, and power bank with just a light breeze
Anyone who has watched a phone die in the middle of a camping trip knows how quickly a…