Genetic study of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans points to the importance of ‘balancing selection’ in evolution.

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Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Chinese astronomers have detected quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the light curve of HS 2325+8205—a long-period eclipsing dwarf nova. The discovery was detailed in the January 2023 issue of Mont…

Today's Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features dust streaming from the Bodélé Depression

Researchers Propose Mining , the Moon For Dust to , Block the Sun from Earth. 'The Guardian' reports that researchers have proposed firing plumes of moon dust into space in order to deflect the sun's rays away from Earth. . The concept involves creating a "so…

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A Belgium-led science team based in Antarctica used Copernicus Sentinel-2 data to plan an expedition that recovered one of the biggest meteorites ever found in Earth’s southernmost continent.

Dr Thomas Shahady, Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Lynchburg, details how space activity could impact climate change.

MIT chemists devised a new way to generate white phosphorus, a critical intermediate in the manufacture of phosphorus-containing products. Their approach could reduce the carbon emissions of the process by half or even more.

The first flights of a helicopter on another planet are used to study dust lifting and mobilization in Jezero Crater, Mars.

Seafloor spreading organized lithospheric minerals into a lattice, but small-scale convection jumbled up the innermost layer.

For the space novices among us, you may well have been under the impression that galaxies contain stars, but now scientists believe they have found what they believe to be a star-less dark galaxy.A phonemoenon known as dark galaxies, they are almost completel…

A team of international researchers has shown for the first time how 18 meltwater lakes in Greenland collapse during winter, which causes the edges of the ice to flow faster. The new knowledge is essential for understanding how climate change influences the f…

The asteroid was travelling at a speed of 14.2 kilometers per second

NASA will launch Israel’s first space telescope mission, the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT). ULTRASAT, an ultraviolet observatory with a large field of view, will investigate the secrets of short-duration events in the universe, such as …

This is the first time that nanosensors capable of detecting and distinguishing gibberellins (GAs), a type of plant hormone that regulates plant growth, have been developed and validated in…

Some scientists say propelling dust from the surface of the moon into space might be a viable solution to our climate change problem, but will it work?

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It marks first time a satellite made in China is shipped to European Space Agency, and for a Chinese team to help assemble and test at an ESA facility.

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Ship tracks are an unintentional example of marine cloud brightening, a group of technologies being considered for slowing climate change

A research team from HKUMed has developed thyroid hormone-encapsulated nanoparticles to selectively transport TH to adipose tissues.

This outcome represents an initial, small step in comprehending natural quantum systems and their potential for enhancing quantum simulations. "Suppose you knew everything there was to know about a water molecule — the chemical formula, the bond angle, etc.,”…