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What was once the biggest iceberg in the world was found to release over 167 billion tons of freshwater during a three month period and nearly one trillion tons in its lifespan, which could have profound effects on wildlife, scientists say.

An American robin eats a winterberry. Small birds like robins typically disperse seeds over relatively short distances. Credit: Photo by Paul Vitucci. Animal-dispersed plants' ability to keep pace with climate change reduced by 60%.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured another stunning image of deep space — this one showing the distant galaxy NGC 3381. Located 115 million light-years away, this elegant shape is a classic spiral galaxy, located in the constellation of Vela.

SpaceX's Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship is scheduled to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida at 4:05 p.m. EST (2105 GMT) on Monday afternoon, although the landing will not be broadcast, NASA officials said.

Though Mars has some similar weather features to Earth, factors at play make forming a rainbow impossible on the Red Planet. Twitter Email LinkedIn Whatsapp Facebook. Rainbows are one of the most visually striking phenomena that can occur on Earth, ...

Artist's depiction of the NASA's NEA Scout using a solar sail to approach asteroid 2020 GE after being launched during the Artemis I mission. (photo credit: NASA). The NEA Scout ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption reached an explosive crescendo on Jan. 15, 2022. Its rapid release of energy powered an ocean tsunami that caused damage as far away as the U.S. West Coast, but it also generated pressure waves in ...

Washington, Jan 23. NASA scientists are studying the explosion of submarine volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai to understand how features formed on the surfaces of Mars and Venus, Nature reported. Ad. The unusual explosion -- which has been calculated ...

SpaceX's Cargo Dragon spacecraft, closing out a month-long mission, undocked from the International Space Station Sunday after a two-delay in its departure to wait for better weather in the capsule's recovery zone off the coast of Florida.

Studying the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano and its evolution in recent weeks is "important for planetary science", Petr Broz, a planetary volcanologist at the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, was quoted as saying.

New research shows that in natural vision, visual memory of images is affected by the size of the image on the retina. The findings can have many implications, including on the use of different types of electronic screens and the quality of information ...

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warn of lack of progress on climate, nuclear weapons. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 20 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock remain at 100 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been to ...

Covid vaccines are not compulsory for NHS staff in Wales but are being mandated in England.

A mid-level solar flare classified as M5.5 class was emitted by the Sun on January 20, 2022, as per NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The observatory tasked with watching the Sun constantly also captured the event, which it tweeted on January 21.

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) just upgraded the software it uses to assess potentially hazardous asteroids to account for sunlight's affect on orbits, among other changes. While there are no immediate known space rock hazards to Earth despite ...

But getting there — and successfully deploying a giant sunshade, mirrors and other appendages along the way — was just half the fun. Scientists and engineers now have to turn the $10 billion Webb into a functioning ...

Bed bugs use the blood to grow and reproduce, and with females laying up to 250 eggs in a lifetime, a small problem can quickly turn into an infestation. These parasites do not transmit disease, but they are a health concern and so need to be dealt with ...

ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2022 17:20 IST. Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): Postmenopausal women who report a faster walking pace had a lower risk of developing heart failure, a new study has found. The study has been published in the 'Journal of the ...

Jumping spiders have great sight, one attractive species appears to have a unique visual deficiency. According to new research, the jumping spider Saitis barbipes lacks photoreceptors capable of recognising the colour red. S. barbipes, such as many ...