NASA can’t communicate with its Mars robots and the Sun’s to blame
NASA’s various Mars exploration robots are on their own, at least for the next few weeks. The space agency isn’t able to communicate directly with …
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James Webb discovery could help us understand how Earth formed
The James Webb space telescope has captured data that could help us better understand how Earth formed billions of years ago. According to the new …
Scientists created the first yeast with artificial DNA
Scientists have come one step closer to creating a synthetic yeast. For more than 15 years, researchers have worked tirelessly to build a complex cell …
Martian rocks keep hitting Earth, but something doesn’t add up
For thousands of years, Martian rocks have bombarded Earth, sent flying through space after being ejected from their homeworld by violent impacts or volcanic processes. …
Earth microbes could help astronauts grow plants in lunar soil
Future missions to the Moon could see astronauts growing the first plants on the lunar surface. But, getting lunar soil to grow plants has been …
Webb and Hubble team up to capture galactic collision in breathtaking detail
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and the now-aging Hubble telescope have joined forces to capture observations of a beautiful galactic collision. The new images captured …
New study claims Greenland glaciers are retreating twice as fast this century
A new study has revealed that Greenland glaciers are retreating twice as fast this century as the last. The revelation came after scientists compared new …
Scientists are using lice DNA to learn more about ancient human history
In what might be one of the grossest and most intriguing research cases I’ve read about this year, scientists have started using lice DNA to …
Scientists detect oxygen on Venus’s dayside for the first time ever
Scientists have now captured direct detections of oxygen on the daylight side of Venus. This discovery could teach researchers more about the atmosphere on Venus. …
Lucy discovers yet another surprise during Dinkinesh flyby
Earlier this month, NASA’s Lucy probe completed its first flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh, discovering that it actually was part of a binary pair with …
Nature retracts ground-breaking discovery of room-temperature superconductor
Back in March, a paper published in Nature posited that it was possible to create a near-ambient temperature superconductor. Now, several months after the study’s …
Astronomers discover record-breaking black hole from early universe
Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole we have ever seen. The record-breaking black hole was discovered using the combined data of NASA’s Chandra …
ESA’s Euclid telescope shares first images from dark universe mission
The European Space Agency hopes to create the most extensive 3D map of our universe yet, and it plans to do so with the Euclid …
James Webb shows us what our Sun probably looked like when it was birthing
Our Sun is over four billion years old. But, if you could go back in time and take a photo of it, just as it …
NASA’s ad-free streaming service launches this month
NASA’s ad-free streaming service, NASA+, will launch this month. The space agency revealed NASA+ in July and said that the service will be wholly ad-free …
Saturn’s rings will vanish in 2025, but they won’t really be gone
Saturn’s rings will vanish in 2025, but don’t worry, they’ll return. NASA says that the rings around the planet will appear to disappear completely. However, …
Researchers invented a super-waterproof material using new nanotech
Researchers working with nanotech have created what may be a super-waterproof material that causes the liquid to slide right off the surface with very little …
Light can evaporate water without heat, new study claims
Light can evaporate water. At least that seems to be the case, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National …
New study claims dinosaurs were likely killed by asteroid dust
While many believe that an asteroid striking the Earth was the cause of the death of the dinosaurs, a new study suggests their death might …
NASA’s Kepler telescope discovered rare planetary system with 7 sweltering planets
While looking at compiled data from NASA’s now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered the existence of a seven-planet system of sweltering planets larger than …
NASA Lucy probe spots undiscovered asteroid on Dinkinesh flyby
NASA’s Lucy probe has completed one of its first flybys, skimming past the asteroid Dinkinesh on its way to other targets. While the flyby was …
Researchers might’ve solved a 70-year-old mystery of disappearing stars
While watching the night sky in 1952, astronomers at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory were baffled when three stars simply vanished from a region of the sky. …
Scientists invented a synthetic melanin that speeds up healing and stops sunburn
A group of researchers working at Northwestern University have developed a new “super melanin” that has a plethora of possible uses. The new research is …
NASA’s Juno Probe finds more evidence of organic compounds on Ganymede
New observations of the Jovian moon Ganymede have uncovered further evidence that subsurface oceans could exist on the large moon. The detection was made during …
Chinese agency claims terrorists have AI-built gene weapons that target specific races
China’s spy agency has issued a chilling warning about the development of “gene weapons” that can target a specific ethnicity or race. According to reports …
There could be chunks of an alien world hiding in the Earth
There may be chunks of an alien planet hiding within Earth. Scientists have long theorized that Earth collided with a planet called Theia 4.5 billion …
James Webb captures breathtaking view of the Crab Nebula
Scientists really want to understand what happens when a star dies. Sure, we know that supernovas are triggered, and scientists have even watched dying stars …
NASA captures image of eerie ‘ghost hand’ in space
In 1895, the first X-rays were taken when Wilhelm Röntgen imaged the bones in his wife’s hand. Now, we can use those same X-rays to …
The Sun will reach solar maximum early, new forecast claims
Our Sun’s solar cycle will peak earlier than expected, which means the star at the center of our solar system is going to reach its …
Scientific breakthrough could help explain why Uranus is so hot
Scientists have now confirmed the discovery of infrared auroras on Uranus, and it could help us better understand why the planet is so hot. The …
