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We are fast approaching the 2019 summer solstice in the northern hemisphere—the point in the year at which the Earth's north pole is tilted furthest toward the sun. Technically, the solstice takes place at a specific point in time, which this year will be 11:54 ...

NASA is set to put a mission into orbit in late June 2019 that will put an atomic clock into space. The clock is called the Deep Space Atomic Clock, and it will launch aboard the Orbital Test Bed satellite that will launch into space on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy ...

Researchers took one of the densest parts of an Earth-orbiting satellite, placed it in a plasma wind tunnel then proceeded to melt it into vapour. Their goal was to better understand how satellites burn up during reentry, to minimise the risk of endangering ...

The Red Planet was hit by an asteroid sometime within the past three years and the resulting crater has exposed a "darker material" underneath Mars' reddish dust that is currently perplexing scientists. The image was captured by the High-Resolution Imaging ...

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, the band of rubble orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. At nearly 1,000 kilometers wide, it's technically a protoplanet — something that was on its way to becoming a full-fledged planet before it ran out of ...

The single-celled parasite Leishmania can reproduce sexually, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The finding could pave the way towards finding genes that help the ...

One of the questions facing any company as it brings a new rocket to market is what to put on top of the booster. After all, things can sometimes go all explodey with inaugural flights. So the first flight of any rocket typically serves as demonstration missions, ...

Genetics play a large factor in determining the temperament of sheep and how they react to stress, a study carried out by The University of Western Australia has found. The scientists analysed sheep DNA and found the changes in sequences of Tryptophan ...

The word uncertainty is used a lot in quantum mechanics. One school of thought is that this means there's something out there in the world that we are uncertain about. But most physicists believe nature itself is uncertain. Intrinsic uncertainty was central to the ...

When massive stars die at the end of their short lives, they light up the cosmos with bright, explosive bursts of light and material known as supernovae (via ESA/Hubble/NASA). Stay on target. Hubble Captures Mature 'Pinwheel' Galaxy in Stunning Image ...

All things must end. Even galaxies. And when it's time for the Milky Way to go, it will be quite a show — at least, if humans are still clinging to this planet in a few billion years. Someone may even spot a spectacular blue halo in the sky. That would be a quasar, ...

Now, the latest breakthrough states that black holes even have the singularity trait in widespread with the universe. The brand new examine taken out by a staff of progressive astrophysicists at Canada's College of Waterloo has talked about that the world ...

When a raindrop falls through a thundercloud, it is subject to strong electric fields that pull and tug on the droplet, like a soap bubble in the wind. If the electric field is strong enough, it can cause the droplet to burst apart, creating a fine, electrified mist.

A NASA astronaut has captured an incredible aurora phenomenon from the International Space Station (ISS). Christina Koch shared the image of the glowing green hue lighting up the South Pole, which was taken during one of the space station's 15 daily ...

ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has recently received an upgraded addition to its suite of advanced instruments (via European Southern Observatory). Stay on target. Telescope's Optic Upgrade Produces Super Sharp Images · Researchers Accidentally ...

Mars got whacked. A small space rock crashed into the Red Planet's surface recently, producing a fresh crater that researchers estimate is 49 feet to 53 feet (15 to 16 meters) wide. The dramatic feature is clearly visible in a newly released image from NASA's ...

Scientists have revealed fascinating details about Saturn's rings in a study which documents some of the closest ever observations of these majestic features. The data was collected by NASA's Cassini probe, which ended its mission in September 2017 by ...

A magnetic field at the centre of our galaxy may be keeping a supermassive black hole at bay. Supermassive black holes exist at the centre of most galaxies, and our Milky Way is no exception. But many other galaxies have highly active black holes, meaning ...

A geologic one-two punch rocked the South Pacific in September 2009, as a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off the coast of the island nation of Samoa, followed mere moments later by a similarly intense temblor. A towering tsunami soon crashed onto the ...

NASA has set a new record after its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft orbited the asteroid Bennu closer than ever before. The spacecraft's new orbital phase was executed in preparation for the sample collection procedure of the mission. On June 12, the OSIRIS-REx ...