Inostrancevia and all of its closest relatives disappeared in the mass extinction called the Great Dying, says author

With all eyes on NASA’s newest mission to Mars, the space agency is busy adding the finishing touches to its upcoming Mars rover. After a successful launch, the mission, known as Mars 2020, is poised to redefine the way we explore the red planet. Slated to ta…

NASA has released a list of 5 upcoming asteroids including a giant 100-foot space rock that is set to make a close encounter with Earth. Here is the list:

The researchers suggest that as the early Earth's atmosphere cooled over time, the production of alcohols and aldehydes may have increased.

"It's immense," said Sara Faggi, a planetary astronomer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The competition to decode a message from Mars that reached Earth on the evening of May 24 has started: the data, collected by radio telescopes at 21:16 Italian time, have already been processed and made available online at the website of the project 'A Sig...…

Solar flare risk has increased manifold today today due to this dangerous sunspot. Check out NOAA warning.

Bound by its motto "for the benefit of all" since its formation NASA has had an obligation to foster and transfer its technological and scientific breakthroughs to the public and commercial spheres

An unusual Type Ia supernova has been discovered by Stockholm University astronomers. For the first time, it was detected in radio waves and showed strong helium emissions. The supernova was triggered by a white dwarf star that pulled helium-rich material fro…

Find out how, when and where to watch the closest supernova in a decade. Astronomers around the world are turning their telescopes to Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, to observe the star explosion SN 2023ixf unfolding 21 million light years awa…

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 27 features Asteroid 243 Ida with its moon Dactyl.

When Thomas Hertog was first summoned to Stephen Hawking's office in the late 1990s, there was an instant connection between the young Belgian researcher and the legendary British theoretical physicist.

Vitamin D deficiency affects developing neurons in schizophrenia by using new technology.

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: Nearly any material can be used to turn the energy in air humidity into electricity, scientists found in a discovery that could lead to continuously producing clean energy with little pollution…

Pasadena CA (JPL) May 28, 2023 - Even before the end of Ingenuity's primary mission as a technology demonstrator, the helicopter showed that it could provide tactical and scientific scouting for the Perseverance mission. In practic

We just got new details about the UAE's ambitious asteroid-belt mission.

By Marcin Glowacki for The Conversation Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary bursts of energy occurring in mere milliseconds and with unknown cosmic origins. Now, a study…

When Thomas Hertog was first summoned to Stephen Hawking's office in the late 1990s, there was an instant connection between the young Belgian researcher and the legendary British theoretical physicist. "Something clicked between us," Hertog said. That connec…

Perth, May 28 (The Conversation) Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary b...

While China's rover investigated the dune soakings, Perseverance explored the remains of a powerful torrent.

For people inclined toward frequent reclining, this might sound like a dream job, but it could have serious impacts on space travel.

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NASA has always spent lots of mony to achieve its mission but the grim details have been revealed to the public, and it's unbelivable.

Astronomers studying black holes have serendipitously found another rarity: A dead star rocketing away from its birth supernova, leaving a comet-like trail of radio emission in its wake.

Researchers said light pollution is causing the night sky to brighten at a rate of about 10% per year