
- ScienceAlert
- Nov 30, 2020
A beetle fossilized in amber found by scientists gives insight into the early evolution of bioluminescence....
Astronomers have discovered a new Super Earth planet that's nearly as old as the universe itself....
"Consumers will be able to buy meat with whatever percentage of fat they like - just like they do with milk," researchers say....
A chemical produced by the male genitals of this tropical butterfly is so repulsive, scientists refer to it as an “anti-aphrodisiac.”...
Dinosaur bones are 'probably' on the moon, according to scientists who speculate the asteroid that hit the Earth 66 million years ago sent debris into space that carried along bits of dinosaurs....
Scientists have combined NASA data and cutting-edge image processing to gain new insight into the solar structures that create the Sun’s flow of high-speed solar wind, detailed in new research published today in The Astrophysical Journal....
When the Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled to a stop on its final mission in 2011, it was truly the end of an era. Few could deny that the program had become too complex and expensive to keep running, …...
An exoplanet located 212 light-years away is roughly the same size as Jupiter, but it’s 10 times lighter. The discovery is challenging our conceptions of how gas giants form and grow and the types of planets that can exist....
Experts have uncovered the remains of a gigantic dinosaur in Argentina, and believe it could be one of the largest creatures to have ever walked the Earth....
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We know a lot about dinosaurs -- what they looked like, what they ate and what killed them off -- but no fossils have definitively preserved two dinosaurs in the act of mating....
Earth might be seeing a new Cold War, but Russia and the US are as friendly as ever up in space. After a postponed shipment, American astronauts on the International Space Station have donated food to their Russian counterparts....
Weather appears to be good for Wednesday after concerns about recovery on Monday....
Scientists were surprised to find the insect’s preserved penis, which suggests it was an unknown species....
Earth’s orbit is becoming increasingly crowded with satellites, debris, and other space junk — and with companies like Elon Musk’s Starlink pumping more hard......
As companies like Elon Musk’s Starlink pump more and more satellites into space, Earth’s orbit is becoming more crowded than ever. Researcher and engineer Moriba Jah explains how the junk in space could cause big problems down here on Earth....
Scientists have confirmed the existence of a massive "super-puff" exoplanet, one that is as large as Jupiter but 10 times lighter and could change how humanity explores the universe....
If you think this is becoming routine, think again. This will be the first attempt to reuse a rocket booster eight times....
Scientists at NANOGrav have detected, what seems to be, the ‘resonant hum’ (also referred to as the ‘gravitational wave background’) of the universe for the first time....