A new way of forming planets

In the last 25 years, scientists have discovered over 4000 planets beyond the borders of our…

Combination of pine scent and ozone as super source of particulate emissions

Scientists have managed to figure out why conifer forests produce so many fine particles into the…

Affordable CRISPR app reveals unintended mutations at site of CRISPR gene repair

Scientists have developed an affordable, downloadable app that scans for potential unintended mistakes when CRISPR is…

Call for Nominations: Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space

Call for Nominations: Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space Click…

Europa Clipper: Nasa's ocean world mission gets launch date

A mission to study a moon that could be home to extra-terrestrial life has been given…

Rare Nasa photos reveal Amazon 'gold rivers'

The satellite images reveal miles of unregistered gold mining in Peru’s Amazon rainforest, Nasa says. …

Teaching an Old Spacecraft New Tricks to Continue Exploring the Moon

In Spring 2018, a critical sensor used to help point the LRO spacecraft was powered off…

Study finds even the common house sparrow is declining

A new study aims to clarify the status of the non-native European House Sparrow, using 21…

Play and meaty food reduce hunting by cats

Domestic cats hunt wildlife less if owners play with them daily and feed them a meat-rich…

PIA24404: Ophir and Candor Chasmata

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…