WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has selected four mission proposals submitted to the agency's Explorers Program for further study. The proposals...

Some extrasolar debris belts are not just eccentric but also surprisingly narrow. What processes can influence the width of debris belts?

The powerful eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai underwater volcano rocked the island nation of Tonga on January 15, 2022. The spectacular 13-mile-wide explosion is the largest recorded in the 21st century thus far. It expelled ash and gas plumes as hig…

Scientists may learn more clues about the extinction of dinosaurs after discovering a large asteroid crater off the coast of west Africa.

The analysis of low-intensity human-caused microearthquakes, including their magnitude and frequency, has become an important factor in mining. This is a consideration not only for the safety of mining staff, but also for extraction rates and mine stability t…

By harnessing the capabilities of the 8.1-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile, which is part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF's NOIRLab, astronomers have obtained the sharpest image ever of the star R136a1, the most massive known star…

We might be peering into the Milky Way's future.

Violent ripples reverberating across space-time might finally reveal how quickly our universe is expanding.

Some might seem familiar, others might warrant a longer stare.

Blue-green algae are thriving in warmer-than-normal waters this summer.

Jupiter's icy moon Europa is an ocean world encased beneath a thick crust of ice -- a place where snow floats upward.

Jupiter's icy moon Europa is an ocean world encased beneath a thick ice crust. Under the water, snow floats upward much like it does beneath ice shelves on Earth. These findings could inform the way NASA's Europa Clipper explores the moon when it launches in …

The subsurface of Mars records important historical information on the formation and evolution of Mars. As an ionized medium, the Martian ionosphere plays a special role in radio wave propagation and is directly related to the local communication on Mars and …

The alarm goes off in the morning. You catch your morning train to the office. You take a lunch break. You catch your evening train back. You go for an hour's run. Eat dinner. Go to bed. Repeat. Birthdays are celebrated, deaths commemorated. New countries are…

Thanks to 26 teams of observers, spotting a star blink out showed that asteroid Polymele has a moon.

Scientific Reports - The evolutionary drivers of primate scleral coloration

The oscillations in binary neutron stars before they merge could have big implications for the insights scientists can glean from gravitational wave detection.

It's all about dinosaurs in this special edition of Future Genius: Discover the diversity amongst dinosaurs and learn all about how these prehistoric creatures lived.

It's like someone spilled ectoplasm all over Earth.

How dinosaurs supported their bodies is a very interesting mystery. How could an animal with a very large body really live?

The subsurface of Mars records important historical information on the formation and evolution of Mars. As an ionized medium, the Martian ionosphere plays a spe

Figures released by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee show the number of burglaries in Laois has declined dramatically in the past decade.  A factor in that decline in more recent years may have been the Covid lockdown, as burglars would have been deterred b…

The diversity of vegetation configuration is the key to ecological restoration in open-pit coal mine dump. However, the recovery outcomes of different areas with the same vegetation assemblage pattern are completely different after long-term evolution. Theref…

Metabolic diseases, including diabetes, fatty liver, and obesity, have become a major "killer" affecting human health. Studies have shown that some orphan receptors could be targets for the treatment of these diseases. GPR119, also known as glucose-dependent …

The immune system of vertebrates is a powerful weapon against external pathogens and cancerous cells. T cells play a curcial role in this context.