What we thought we knew about volcanoes prior to the recent revelations from the Fagradalsfjall eruptions in Iceland, is now radically different. It’s not often that we acquire knowledge that revolutionizes our worldview. Such an epiphany has just recently come ...
In recent months, the James Webb Space Telescope has shown to be an outstanding success for NASA. The multibillion-dollar equipment is successfully “unfolding the cosmos” by exposing cosmic light beyond the range of human vision, and the astounding findings have ...
A significant new accomplishment that was just accomplished by Chinese scientists was the discovery of the sixth new lunar mineral. The surface samples sent back by the nation’s Change 5 robotic mission allowed them to make the discovery of the ...
Many researchers in the fields of fluid mechanics and entomology have pondered the mystery of how fire ants manage to stay together in liquid. As flooding is a common occurrence in the subtropics, these ants have evolved a strategy to ...
Our solar system’s biggest planet, Jupiter, will soon come closer to Earth than it has in the last 70 years. On September 26, when it is at opposition, the planet is at its brightest and easiest to see. Seen from ...
An experimental vaccination against COVID-19 was given the go-light by South Korean authorities in June, making it the first drug in history to be based on a human-created protein. Researchers developed the vaccine about a decade ago, via a laborious ...
New results show how many different types of samples the agency’s geologists and future scientists working on the Mars Sample Return program will have to analyze. The soil that NASA’s six-wheeled Mars rover, Perseverance, has been travelling on since arriving ...
Recent findings provide light on a hitherto unexplored area of Mars with a wet history and the potential it holds for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return mission. The Perseverance rover, now deep in its second scientific campaign, is drilling rock ...
There are vast kelp and seaweed forests below the surface, considerably larger than we had imagined. There aren’t many people even mentioned by name. However, a vast variety of aquatic life thrives under their verdant canopy. The Great African Seaforest ...
A recent discovery of a 380-million-year-old heart left researchers in awe, but it is quite the deal when it comes to evolutionary history. The 380-million-year-old heart, the oldest ever found, coupled with a separate fossilized liver, stomach, and intestine (can ...