This is one of the sharpest, clearest panoramas ever captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover, showing what it’s really like on the surface of Mars
The mosaic was stitched together using 96 images taken by Perseverance at a location known as…
The red-headed wood pigeon, found only on Japan’s remote Ogasawara Islands, has staged an incredible recovery from the early 2000s, when the bird’s numbers fell to fewer than 80 individuals.
The turning point came when conservationists removed…
As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon’s south polar region for the first time ever during the Artemis III mission, scientists are working on methods to determine the frequency of moonquakes along active faults…
In the spring of 2022 the U.S. space community selected its top priority for the nation’s next decade of science and exploration: a mission to Uranus, the gassy, bluish planet only seen up close during a brief spacecraft flyby in 1986. More…
After spending almost five months in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 4:15 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 20, from the agency’s Johnson…
Engineers have designed a flat metallic surface that allows ice to zip across…
Imagine leaving Earth forever and boarding a spaceship designed to carry you and thousands of others on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri — a journey that could take 400 years.
This is the bold vision behind Chrysalis, a…
First mammograms are typically recommended at age 40. Colonoscopies are usually ordered when a person turns 45. In the future, a physician may remind a patient when it’s time to go for an MRI so their biological age can be calculated.
There’s…
NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what’s known as a planetary parade. Catch the spectacle while you can because it’s the last one of the year.
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