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An International Space Station crew has landed safely after more than 200 days in space. The Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir and Russian space agency Roscosmos' Oleg Skripochka touched down on Friday on the ...

The collision was caught by the Juno spacecraft, a Nasa probe that is in orbit around the planet. Juno by chance spotted the flash above Jupiter's clouds last year, scientists said. After examination ...

The chances of these asteroids hitting earth are actually very small. So why do scientists watch the asteroids that get close to Earth? Asteroids and meteors can cause extinction-level events at their very worst.

Rheumatoid arthritis has previously been linked to excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in affected joints. Not only do these chemical molecules oxidize and degrade cartilage and bone, but they also activate the expression of inflammatory ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientist examined 11 Mars years of image data to understand the seasonal processes that create linear gullies on the slopes of the megadune in the Russell crater on Mars. In early spring images, captured by two ...

How would intelligent beings from another world fare in a typical US neighbourhood? This is the premise – explored to hilarious effect – of Solar Opposites, an adult animation created by Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan about a family of aliens from the planet ...

As a key component of their successful implementation, climate scientists and computer scientists launched the "Destination Earth" initiative, which will start in mid-2021 and is expected to run for up to ten years.

Date: February 23, 2021; Source: University of Strathclyde; Summary: A radiotherapy technique which 'paints' tumors by targeting them precisely, and avoiding healthy tissue, has been devised. Share: FULL STORY ...

NASA's most powerful rover yet is regularly sending back images from the Red Planet, and you can stay updated on the latest snapshots from the Perseverance rover. Just like with NASA's other missions, the photo hub for all Perseverance postcards is the ...

The small, furry ancestors of all primates — a group that includes humans and other apes — were already taking to the trees a mere 100,000 years after the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs and most other terrestrial animals, according to a new ...

NASA's plans to send the most powerful rocket ever to the moon is still waiting for its largest piece to make it to Kennedy Space Center. That won't happen though until officials sign off on the 212-foot-tall core stage that awaits another test fire of its four engines ...

The full moon in February is popularly referred to using several names, including "Snow," "Storm" and "Hunger." According to The Old Farmer's Almanac (OFA,) the names that are used for the full moons in the U.S. today come from a variety of places, ...

"Grätzel's groundbreaking work includes the invention of a type of dye-sensitized cell that mimics the photosynthesis process and improves solar power generation," says the jury. Alivisatos, for its part, has used nanocrystals to emit light and control color very ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Technological advances have been key to the success of Earth's most dominant and ecologically adaptable species: modern humans. Advertisement. In an effort to make sense of Homo sapiens' remarkable evolutionary success, the authors ...

A study suggests a key environmental system that affects how water circulates in the Atlantic Ocean and effects the climate could be on the verge of collapse due to the rapid melting of glaciers and sea ice.

Date: February 24, 2021; Source: University of Zurich; Summary: As people get older, their neural stem cells lose the ability to proliferate and produce new neurons, leading to a decline in memory function. Researchers have now discovered a mechanism ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Autonomous underwater vehicles have become versatile tools for exploring the seas. But they can be disruptive to the environment or have trouble traveling through confined spaces. Purdue University researchers are studying an ...

While aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts experience a number of physical changes, such as being in microgravity, that could affect their health. Understanding the effects of being in space—and how to counteract them—is vital to a ...

So until the pandemic is completely over and we're able to hang out in large friend groups and do the gross weird stuff we used to do — like pass joints between complete strangers or share bongs and vapes at a party — we suggest replacing your stoner friends ...

For more than 40 years, a subatomic mystery has puzzled scientists: Why do the fragments of splitting atomic nuclei emerge spinning from the wreckage? Now researchers find these perplexing gyrations might be explained by an effect akin to what happens ...