Where Planets Come From
Earth may have formed in just 5M years The Earth formed in only about 5 million years, a much shorter amount of time [...]
Global Warming: Antarctica Ice Melt NASA Recent Pics
Scale of Antarctica melt seen in NASA images Eagle Island on 2/13/20 (Joshua Stevens/NASA Earth Observatory) Satellite images taken nine days apart and [...]
Molecular Oxygen Spotted Beyond the Milky Way: First Time
Astronomers finally found molecular oxygen beyond the Milky Way, but they had to look at a galaxy far, far away: the quasar Markarian [...]
Wild Birds Remember a Novel Task for Nearly Two Years
Wild robins appear to remember learned tasks Wild robins at a New Zealand sanctuary have demonstrated they can remember a foraging task they [...]
The Most Distant World We’ve Ever Explored Shed’s Light on How Planets Are Born
Faraway object offers clues about planet formation Arrokoth, the farthest object ever visited by a spacecraft, is helping astronomers better understand how planets [...]
Infrared (temperature) images show just how alive butterflies’ wings are
How butterfly research may improve aviation (Pixabay) Infrared images of butterfly wings have helped researchers discover a living system of cells, including a [...]
Oil Spills Cause Huge Environmental Damage
Researchers reexamine Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Chris Graythen/Getty Images) The Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred in 2010 was much larger than previously [...]
Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture 1st look at sun’s poles
NASA, ESA launch Solar Orbiter to study sun's poles The Solar Orbiter was launched into space Sunday night on its way to study [...]
European crew wraps up mock moon mission on volcano in Hawaii
Scientists at Hawaiian volcano simulate moon research Scientists spent two weeks on a remote slope of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big [...]
Aerobic exercise limits risk of Alzheimer’s in vulnerable adults
Exercise may benefit adults at risk of Alzheimer's Adults with familial and genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease who underwent regular aerobic exercise had [...]