The blue planet Earth usually takes 24 hours to rotate on its axis but not anymore. On July 29, Earth’s full spin was 1.50 milliseconds shorter than 24 hours,

According to the standard model of cosmology, the vast majority of galaxies are surrounded by a halo of dark matter particles. This halo is invisible, but its mass exerts a strong gravitational pull on galaxies in the vicinity. A new study led by the Universi…

Potato late blight, caused by the destructive fungus Phytophthora infestans, is a severe threat to potato production and global food security. Plant membrane-associated pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) play pivotal roles in regulating immune responses by …

The SNAD team, an international network of researchers including Matvey Kornilov, Associate Professor of the HSE University Faculty of Physics, has discovered 11 previously undetected space anomalies, seven of which are supernova candidates. The researchers a…

A world-renowned scientist has been forced to apologise after he shared what he claimed was a stunning picture of a star – and turned out to be a slice of chorizo.

NASA is changing its plan to retrieve rock and soil samples from the surface of Mars... while China aims to beat them to it by a full two years.

DNA-based information is a new interdisciplinary field linking information technology and biotechnology.

A French physicist tweeted a photo he claimed to be the largest known image of Proxima Centauri, only to reveal that it was actually a piece of chorizo all along.

About Dolder Science (6/6) – life on Mars? Yes, and even very advanced civilizations, astronomers observed direct structures on the surface of the Red Planet

Nanoparticle "backpack" repairs damaged stem cells. Stem cells that might save a baby's life and be utilized to treat illnesses like lymphoma and leukemia are found in the umbilical cord of newborns. Because of this, many new parents decide to preserve ("bank…

Ultrafast pulses from X-ray lasers reveal how atoms move at femtosecond timescales, but measuring the properties of the pulses is challenging. A new approach trains neural networks to analyze the pulses. Starting from low-resolution measurements, the neural n…

The latest Tweet by NASA states, 'And as for water, we know that ancient Mars had lakes and streams. Present-day Mars has water ice below the surface, and in clouds. We don't have definitive evidence of liquid water.'

Often bringing one of the most vivid annual meteor showers visible in Earth’s night sky, the Perseids will peak on August 12 and 13. Usually, it delivers 50-100 “shooting stars” per hour at its height, putting on an impressive show. There’s just one problem t…

The agency hopes to launch the epic moon mission 11 days later, on Aug. 29.

WITH THE help of NASA's most powerful space telescope ever, researchers have captured images that offer a glimpse into the early history of the universe.

Bones from a mammoth butchering site record how humans shaped pieces of their long bones into disposable blades to break down their carcasses, and rendered their fat over a fire. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

The Webb telescope is giving us baby pictures of the cosmos.

It is generally considered that first native Americans arrived in North America in 10,000 BC

History remembers October 4, 1957, a lot better than it remembers January 4, 1958—though in recent weeks, the second date is coming to loom larger than the first. October 4, 1957, was the day the Sovi

The closest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, was captured in this stunning image by the James Webb Space Telescope, according to eminent French

Previewing our Artemis I mission to the Moon, a new image from our James Webb Space Telescope, and an anniversary for one of our explorers on Mars … a few of...

Last night, the country launched its first-ever lunar mission — in fact, its first-ever mission beyond low Earth orbit. Formerly called the Korea Pathfinder...

Last night, the country launched its first-ever lunar mission — in fact, its first-ever mission beyond low Earth orbit. Formerly called the Korea Pathfinder...

By tracking feedback during tasks, the anterior cingulate cortex notices when a new step has become necessary and signals the motor cortex to adjust, a new neuroscience study shows.