The Hubble Space Telescope captures an amazing view of the ethereal “lost galaxy”
byThe Hubble Space Telescope captured this sharp view of NGC 4535, dubbed the “lost galaxy”. ESA / Hubble & NASA, J. Lee, and the…
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Astronauts prepare for two upcoming flights in space
byThis will be the first spacewalk for Glover, who has been a few months into his first spaceflight on the station. This will be…
German scientists make paralyzed mice walk again
byGerman researchers enabled mice paralyzed after a spinal cord injury to walk again, and recreated the neural link that had hitherto been considered irreparable…
Northrop Grumman test fires a solid engine ULA Vulcan missile
byThe engine fired for about 90 seconds, and produced nearly 449,000 pounds of thrust. Northrop Grumman announced on January 21 that it had completed…
Scientists think these silly bones may belong to the largest new dinosaur ever
byScientists have discovered massive 98 million-year-old fossils in southwestern Argentina that they say may belong to the largest dinosaur ever discovered. The human-sized fossilized…
Weather: The International Space Station detects blue “jets” of lightning rising from thunderstorms
byThe International Space Station detects lightning blue ‘jets’ from thunderclouds that could affect greenhouse gas concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere This phenomenon was detected…
Paleontologists finally take their first good look at the back of a dinosaur
byBelow is a digital reconstruction of a Psittacosaurus dinosaur that shows how a hatch vent can be used for signaling during courtship. Bob Nichols…
The habitability of the Earth today appears mainly due to luck, as do millions of simulations
byIt took evolution 3 or 4 billion years ago To produce Homo sapiens. If the climate had completely failed only once in that time,…
NASA says the “mole” on Mars will not be drilled any longer
byThe Martian “mole” will stop his brave attempts to dig on the red planet. After its landing in 2018, the thermal probe, or “mole,”…
A 100-million-year-old beetle fossil sheds light on the ancient insect family
byClose-up view of the well-preserved Cretophengodes azari beetle, a light-producing fossil beetle covered in amber. Chenyang Kai A beetle trapped in amber for more…