University of Otago researchers have been able to hold individual atoms in place in a new experiment that is said to be a first for quantum...
Buried and frozen in permafrost near the village of Belaya Gora in north-eastern Siberia, the bird was discovered by local fossil ivory hunters, who passed it...
Earth is giving a gift to the moon that will land on the lunar surface next year. The nine-ounce MoonArk — a tiny time capsule-esque artifact...
During the formation of the Solar System Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, was repeatedly struck by planetesimals (these are small protoplanets no larger than...
With groups like NASA and the European Space Agency focusing largely on missions to explore Earth’s moon and Mars, the Japanese space agency JAXA is taking...
Earth is giving a gift to the moon that will land on the lunar surface next year. The nine-ounce MoonArk — a tiny time capsule-esque artifact...
Abstract Previous research has shown that modern Eurasians interbred with their Neanderthal and Denisovan predecessors. We show here that hundreds of thousands of years earlier, the...
A University of Alberta scientist will soon have an out-of-this-world experience. Chris Herd has been chosen for a key role in NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. This...
Artist’s concept of the Japanese MMX spacecraft near Mars and Phobos. Credit: JAXA Japan’s space agency has approved a robotic mission to retrieve a sample from...
Why it matters: Barring self-inflicted catastrophes like nuclear war or irreversible climate change, the biggest threat to humanity is likely to come from outer space in...
