One of the biggest crises in Earth history was marked by a revolution in the shellfish—brachiopods, sometimes called "lamp shells" were replaced everywhere ecologically by the bivalves, such as oysters and clams. This happened as a result of the devastating e…
The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and media accreditation is now open.
(14 Sep 2023) For a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man. And while the dramatic experiment ended this week, it'...
A research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has achieved a groundbreaking advancement in nanomaterials by successfully developing a highly efficient electrocatalyst which can enhance the generation of hydrogen significantly through electrochem…
Scientists say an experiment to make oxygen on Mars is now operating routinely in a variety of atmospheric conditions, including during the day and night, and through different Martian seasons.
José M. Hernández was rejected 11 times for NASA's space program. A Million Miles Away details the inspiring journey.Subscribe to FOX 5 NY: https://www.youtu...
A cosmic alignment and a little bit of spacecraft gymnastics has provided a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve the 65-year-old cosmic mystery of why the Sun’s atmosphere is so hot.
Alexandru Lupsasca and Michael Johnson won the New Horizons award for their work on photon spheres — weird rings of light around black holes that may reveal a theory of quantum gravity.
Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonović won the New Horizons Award for their work on large scale structures — the strands and filaments of our universe which contain buried clues to its most fundamental properties.
A cousin of jellyfish and corals can regenerate its entire body with help from “aging” cells. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and their partners have unearthed new findings about healing and aging by studying a tiny sea creature capable of …
You can’t bring your AC to space, unfortunately, but innovative flow boiling and condensation research might lead to lighter, more efficient heating and cooling on spacecraft.
This week, we wrap up all the news from Apple’s launch event: the iPhone's USB-C port, iCloud+ inflation, and of course, the Double Tap control on Apple Watch.
Ecologists have proven that the genetic material that species shed into their environments can reveal not only the presence of the species but also a wide range of information about the genetics of whole populations — information that may assist scientists to…
Imagery of Saturn captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in Nov. 2022 is superimposed over an image captured by Hubble. "Yellows represent bright and wa...
Scientists have created a detailed map of the geology beneath Earth's southern hemisphere. They believe an ancient ocean floor may be wrapped around our planet's
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is transforming astronomy with its groundbreaking discoveries. For 12 years, photographer Chris Gunn documented the complex effort to build it.