Webb Space Telescope detects major molecules on exoplanet K2-18b
This artist’s concept shows what the exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on scientific data. K2-18 b, an exoplanet…
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A new hummingbird with unusual bright golden plumage is shocking experts
The bird’s newly discovered color may help answer some questions about how hummingbirds evolved. When researchers found a hummingbird with…
NASA rover makes enough breathable oxygen on Mars to sustain a dog for 10 hours
NASA’s Perseverance spacecraft has successfully completed an experiment designed to produce oxygen on Mars, using technology that could one day…
Incredible footage of a burning satellite falling to Earth: ScienceAlert
The European Space Agency has released images showing its Aeolus satellite tumbling to a fiery death as it re-entered Earth’s…
Physicists turn Schrödinger’s cat on its head
Researchers have developed a pioneering method to perform fractional Fourier transform of optical pulses using quantum memory. This unique achievement…
SpaceX is cementing its position as the gatekeeper to space even as ULA launches a spaceflight
SpaceX is an amazing company by many metrics: valuation, reusable rockets, transporting astronauts, Wi-Fi in Ukraine. One metric that may…
‘The world is at greater risk of flooding than we realized’ – revealing the shocking extent of human impact on global floodplains
A new study provides the first global assessment of human-caused changes to natural floodplains, highlights significant loss over a 27-year…
Formulation of an artificial extraplanetary carbon cycle
by Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences September 9, 2023 Space missions face logistical challenges when obtaining…
A new Mars mosaic could enable humans to settle on another world
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To get it in your inbox,…
104 million-year-old fossils unveil ocean past
Scientists have found fossil evidence that higher invertebrates, specifically irregular hedgehogs or sea urchins, have steadily colonized the deep sea…