New MIT Asteroid Detection System Could Be Our Planet’s Best Defense Yet
MIT researchers have unveiled a cutting-edge method to detect and track smaller asteroids that could potentially disrupt Earth’s…
The strange deep-sea creatures that eat whales
Rattail fish can grow up to a metre in length (3.2ft) and live at depths of up to…
Lab Tests Show Microbes Could Ride Meteorites
A striking set of impact experiments has strengthened the case that tiny life could hitchhike between worlds inside…
One of the largest stars in the Universe suddenly changed color
One of the largest known stars in the Universe has transformed from a red supergiant into a hotter…
Scientists discover ancient DNA “switches” hidden in plants for 400 million years
Most people are familiar with the idea of deep space, but scientists also study something called deep time.…
How a man developed an app that’s giving people with ALS their voice back
PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh-area man is not just giving people living with ALS a voice, he’s giving them…
This Epic Nebula Looks Like a Giant Brain Floating in Space : ScienceAlert
JWST has captured one of its most eerily beautiful images yet: A glowing cloud of gas and dust…
Astronomers reveal true scale of hidden Vela supercluster behind Milky Way
The discovery was released Thursday by scientists at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and international collaborators, shedding…
Sun May Have Escaped Milky Way’s Crowded Core Billions of Years Ago
Using a vast catalog of Sun-like stars built by ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have found strong evidence that…
Research Reveals Decades-Long Silverpit Crater Triggered by Tsunami 40 Million Years Ago
A long-running dispute about the origin of a North Sea crater has finally been settled, as new research…
Astroscale selects Isar Aerospace to launch ELSA-M mission
WASHINGTON — Japanese satellite servicing company Astroscale has selected Isar Aerospace to launch a deorbiting mission developed by…
Chinese astronomers discover star formation in high-velocity cloud
Chinese astronomers have found a pair of young star clusters formed within a circumgalactic high-velocity cloud on the…