Samples retrieved by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission from the asteroid Bennu are revealing significant information about the early history of our solar system and the origin of life’s fundamental ingredients. The OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral…
Category: 9. Sci-Tech
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The Moon again blots out the Pleiades
The Moon passes through Taurus tonight, occulting several bright stars in the Pleiades cluster along the way.
One day from Full, the Moon closes in on…
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‘ICARUS’ Wildlife Tracking System to Resume Operations after Launching to Orbit – SpaceWatch.GLOBAL
- ‘ICARUS’ Wildlife Tracking System to Resume Operations after Launching to Orbit SpaceWatch.GLOBAL
- What we can learn from watching 100,000 animals in unbelievable detail—from space National Geographic
- How tiny satellites are tracking marine…
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Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS fragmentation: a new image – 2 Dec. 2025.
Here we share our new observation of comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS and its fragments.
Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS: 02 Dec. 2025.
The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 27, 60-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with…
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Mars Rover Uncovers Evidence of Ancient Wet Climate in Jezero Crater
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
NASA’s Perseverance rover identified light-colored rocks in Jezero crater that consist of white, aluminum-rich kaolinite clay. These rocks formed after prolonged exposure to…
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Chinese researchers achieve thorough simulation of Martian dust cycle
BEIJING — A group of Chinese researchers has carried out a comprehensive simulation of the Martian dust cycle, based on their self-developed next-generation Mars general-circulation model named GoMars.
According to a…
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‘Mirror image’ sensor discovered by Israeli scientists
‘Mirror image’ sensor discovered by Israeli scientists | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/ScienceIsraeli scientists develop a sensor that detects subtle differences in airborne molecules, with major implications for health and…
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Early Earth’s sky may have created the first ingredients for life
Earth’s ancient sky may have played a larger role in the beginnings of life than scientists once believed.
According to a study published Dec. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from CU Boulder and their…
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New method reveals how human cells initiate DNA replication
When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular ageing, cancer, and genetic disorders….
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Pune researchers find massive, grand-design spiral galaxy existing since universe’s infancy
Two researchers from an astrophysics institute in Pune have discovered one of the most distant spiral galaxies ever observed – a massive, well-formed system that existed when the universe was just 1.5 billion years old.
The finding adds to growing…
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