The Milky Way's big sister gets shrunk down to size - Nature.com The Andromeda galaxy might be only half as massive as thought. More...

Where has all Mars's water gone? The answer might be well buried - Nature.com A leading theory says that the red planet lost its ancient water to space, but research suggests that Martian minerals sucked up some of it. More...

Researchers take first depictions of ultrafast exchanging in a quantum electronic gadget - All News Buzz Electronic circuits that figure and store data contain a large number of minuscule switches that control the progression of electric More...

Why are stars and moons round? And comets and asteroids… not? - The Next Web I’m puzzled as to why the planets, stars and moons are all round (when) other large and small objects such as asteroids and meteorites are irregular shapes? — Lionel Young, age ... More...

LCO astronomers say comet C/2014 UN271 is the largest ever discovered - SlashGear A new comet was discovered last month by astronomers called Comet C/2014 UN271 Bernardinelli-Bernstein. The image below is a synthetic color composite image made using the Las Cumbres Observatory (… More...

Hyenas inherit their mother's social network • Earth.com - Earth.com Spotted hyenas live in clans, sometimes numbering as many as 100 individuals. More...

Wobbling moon, climate change to raise flood risk in 2030s: NASA - India TV News A natural alteration in the Moon's orbit -- also known as wobble -- coupled with rising sea levels will lead to dramatic increases in floods in the 2030s and will last about 10 years, according to a study by NASA. More...

Astronauts are growing chile peppers in space in spicy first - Space.com Space plants are entering a spicy realm as astronauts will soon get to sample chile peppers grown in orbit. More...

Scientists Detect Isotopes on Exoplanet for the First Time - ExtremeTech For the first time, scientists have managed to detect and analyze the elemental isotopes in an exoplanet's atmosphere. The team says this could lead to new and better ways of understanding planetary formation. More...

Research finds slime molds use physical cues to decide where to grow - SlashGear Humans have the largest brains of any creature on the Earth, so we are always using our brains and thinking about solutions to problems. Scientists have wondered how organisms that lack a brain can… More...

Solar storm triggers planet alarms; Is it true that it will cause a global blackout this week? - Sunday Vision Multiple entries on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as information from the media, stating that NASA He warned that the "solar More...

Scientists turn methane into methanol at room temperature - E&T Magazine An international team of scientists have developed a novel process that could be an important step toward a methanol fuel economy with abundant methane as the feedstock, an advance that could change how the world uses natural gas. More...

China publishes a new series of photos from Mars captured by rover Zhurong and shows how its parachute was ... - Market Research Telecast The China National Space Administration (CNSAon Thursday released a new series of Mars photographs taken by its rover Zhurong. In the images you can see the parachute of the device and its partially burned but ... Read more More...

3.42-Billion-Year-Old Fossil Of Hydrothermal Vent Microbes Oldest Of Its Kind - Forbes A team of international researchers, led by the University of Bologna, has discovered the fossilized remains of methane-feeding microbes that lived in a hydrothermal system beneath the seafloor 3.42 billion years ago. More...

10 wild theories about the universe - Californianewstimes.com Why is the universe like that? Over the years, scientists have sought many ideas to explain our universe and its future. Some of the weirdest ideas, from the scenario of a brain world where the univer More...

Why do scientific discoveries take long to reach the general public? - Phys.org The results of scientific research can often bring considerable societal and economic benefits. But the path from the lab bench to a real-world application can take years, even for projects that are designed from the outset with a concrete use in mind. For in… More...

Electronic air cleaning technology can generate unintended pollutants - Phys.org As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, news reports show that sales of electronic air cleaners have surged due to concerns about airborne disease transmission. But a research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has found that the benefits to indoor air quali… More...

Ludwig Cancer Research study reveals even transient chromosomal errors can initiate cancer - EurekAlert A Ludwig Cancer Research study has found that inducing random chromosome instability (CIN) events in mice for as little as one week is enough to trigger harmful chromosomal patterns in cells that spur the formation of tumors. More...

A new facet of fuel cell chemistry - Phys.org Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are a promising technology for cleanly converting chemical energy to electrical energy. But their efficiency depends on the rate at which solids and gasses interact at the devices' electrode surfaces. Thus, to explore ways to im… More...

Noninvasive, label-free optical method visualizes deep, cellular brain disease in vivo - EurekAlert Using long wavelength near-infrared light, scientists at UC Davis developed a label-free microscopy approach that achieves a unique combination of deep, high resolution, and minimally invasive brain imaging. The technique images neurons and axonal myelination… More...

New Horizons at Pluto and Charon: Movies Revisit the Great Exploration - Markets Insider New Horizons at Pluto and Charon: Movies Revisit the Great Exploration More...

Microbes On Enceladus? Methane On Saturn's Moon Can't Be Explained By Known Geochemical Processes - Science 2.0 An unknown methane-producing process is likely at work in the hidden ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus, suggests a new study published in Nature Astronomy by scientists at the University of Arizona and Paris Sciences&Lettres University. More...

How a Butterfly Tree Becomes a Web - EIN News Scientists reveal the key role of interspecific gene flow in the continent-wide adaptive radiation of the Heliconius butterflies. More...

A Glass Nanosphere Becomes First Macroscopic Object Under Quantum Standstill In Free Space - IFLScience Scientists at ETH Zurich were able to levitate a glass nanosphere using laser light and slow down its motion to its lowest quantum mechanical state. This b More...

Study examines the role of deep-sea microbial predators at hydrothermal vents - Phys.org The hydrothermal vent fluids from the Gorda Ridge spreading center in the northeast Pacific Ocean create a biological hub of activity in the deep sea. There, in the dark ocean, a unique food web thrives not on photosynthesis but rather on chemical energy from… More...

Future information technologies: Topological materials for ultrafast spintronics - Science Daily Using time- and spin-resolved methods at BESSY II, the physicists explored how, after optical excitation, the complex interplay in the behavior of excited electrons in the bulk and on the surface results in unusual spin dynamics. The work is an important step… More...

From genes to memes: Algorithm may help scientists demystify complex networks - EurekAlert A team of researchers has developed a new algorithm that can serve as a more effective way to analyze models of biological systems, which in turn allows a new path to understanding the decision-making circuits that make up these systems. The researchers add t… More...

New Discovery: 3.4-Billion-Year-Old Microfossils Found Could Help Explain How Life Started - Nature World News This ancient evidence of 'methane-cycling microbe life' which may have originated from underneath the seafloor could give insights on how or where life began how and where life first began during the Paleoarchean era, 3.2-3.6 billion years ago. More...

At most, just 7% of the human genome is unique to our species. We share most genes with Neanderthals, Denisova - Business Insider India Just 1.5% to 7% of the human genome is unique to our species, a new study suggests. Neanderthals, Denisovans, and other ancestors share most of the same genes More...

New method shows how fatty acids are absorbed by single cells - News-Medical.net A new method developed by Institute for Systems Biology and University of California, Riverside provides new insights into cancer biology by allowing researchers to show how fatty acids are absorbed by single cells. More...

New algorithm can be a more effective way to analyze models of biological systems - News-Medical.Net From biochemical reactions that produce cancers, to the latest memes virally spreading across social media, simple actions can generate complex behaviors. More...

'No Solar Storm predicted this week': Claims about 'powerful' solar system approaching earth are fake - Times Now The 'solar storm' was supposed to hamper the earth's communication infrastructure. More...

Astronomers identify curious occurrence of star-like objects on old photographic plate - THE WEEK An international collaboration of astronomers has identified a curious occurrence of nine star-like objects that appeared and vanished in a small region within half an hour on an old photographic plate. Astronomers collaborating across countries track vanishi… More...

Moon "Wobble", Climate Change Seen As Driving Coastal Flooding In 2030s - NDTV US coastlines will face increasing flooding in the mid-2030s thanks to a regular lunar cycle that will magnify rising sea levels caused by climate change, according to research led by NASA scientists. More...

What is the smallest particle in the universe? (What about the largest?) - Livescience.com The smallest weighs way less than an electron. More...

NASA’s Juno captures Jupiter and its icy Moon ‘Ganymede’, watch animated video - Republic World The Juno spacecraft flew as close as 645 miles (1,038 kilometers) to the surface of Ganymede. NASA Solar System has shared the animation series on Instagram. More...

NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope a month after suspension of science operations - Republic World A month after NASA has reported an issue with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope, it has again resumed its services on Saturday. More...

Five Incredible Ways NASA Helps With Shark Conservation - SciTechDaily While scientists at our partner institutions are directly focusing on shark conservation, NASA's Earth-observing satellites collect key information about sharks' habitat – the ocean. NASA's satellites measure the height of the ocean, track currents, monitor m… More...

NASA to Brief Early Science from Perseverance Mars Rover - India Education Diary NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 21, to discuss early science results from the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover and its preparations to collect the first-ever Martian samples for planned return to Earth. The More...

Very Large Telescope captures a cosmic fireworks display - Digital Trends A series of five stunning images of nearby galaxies could help to unravel the mystery of how stars form. More...

The Biological Fireworks Sparked by Fertilization Are at Least 300 Million Years Old - ScienceAlert New life quite literally sparks into being, at least under fluorescence microscopy. That moment when sperm touches egg, billions of zinc atoms ignite across their now conjoined surfaces. More...

Boeing's Starliner secured atop Atlas V rocket for second uncrewed launch - UPI News UPI delivers the latest headlines from around the world: Top News, Entertainment, Health, Business, Science and Sports News - United Press International More...

Why humans might one day live on other planets - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside He outlined a detailed plan for how the human race could settle on potentially hundreds of exoplanets when Earth is no longer able to sustain life. In his More...

Say hello to the brilliant, crowded starscape in NASA's new Hubble share - Mashable Who knew space could get so crowded? More...

Perseid meteor shower 2021 is active now: How to watch the stunning show - CNET "The best meteor shower of the year" is just getting warmed up as the Perseids build toward a mid-August peak. More...

More potential air leak locations found at International Space Station - NASA - United News of India Moscow, Jul 18 (UNI/Sputnik) Several possible air leak locations in the Russian Zvezda module of the International Space Station (ISS) have been identified, some of them have been fixed, David West, the Examinations Director at NASA’s Board of Certified Safet… More...

China's Zhurong Mars rover in good condition, travels over 500 meters - CGTN China's Zhurong rover has traveled for 509 meters on the surface of Mars as of 11:00 p.m. on Saturday (Beijing time), according to the China National Space Administration. More...

Space Spice: NASA astronauts grow 'Chile Peppers' in a bid to imporve the ISS crew's diets - Times Now The seeds are planted in Plant Habitat-04 that was shipped by SpaceX in June. More...

World's largest planetarium opens in Shanghai - CGTN The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, the world's largest planetarium, officially opened on Saturday and will welcome the public starting Sunday. More...