NASA’s Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor in the Rocky Planet Formation region

This artist’s concept depicts the star PDS 70 and its inner protoplanetary disk. New measurements by…

Watch dozens of sharks feeding on the carcass of a dead whale: ScienceAlert

Tiger sharks are usually solitary creatures, but nothing brings scavengers together like the delicious smell of…

Laffy Lube’s deep dive for the alien life leaves his peers suspicious

On January 8, 2014, a fireball shot from space through Earth’s atmosphere and crashed into the…

The Boomerang meteorite may be the first space rock to leave Earth and return

A dark reddish-brown stone, picked up from the Sahara Desert in Morocco a few years ago,…

Umbilical shield of the African spiny rat

Spiny mice produce bony plates called osteoderms under the skin of their tails, which detach when…

Amateur estimates of Venus day using Arecibo data

[Nathaniel Fairfield] Also known as [thandal] He was interested in the actual rotation and tilt of…

Summer’s most exciting meteor showers are underway right now, best dates to watch

Keep your eyes on the sky: The annual Perseid meteor shower has just begun, and will…

Scientists discover an elusive superconducting state first predicted in 2017

Scientists from the University of Groningen and their international partners confirmed the existence of a superconducting…

GPS data can detect large earthquakes hours before they happen

by Walter Beckwith, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) July 22, 2023 A comprehensive…

Phobos, the “doomed” moon, is heading to crash into Mars

NASA’s rover captured a stunning view of Phobos eclipsing the sun, from the surface of Mars.…