Watch: Humongous 4-Mile Iceberg Breaking Away From Glacier In Greenland
The researchers believe recording calving events like these could prove critical in tackling the sea-level rise due to climate change.
Massive Near-Earth Asteroid Spotted Last Year Isn’t Hurtling Alone In Space
The asteroid was first spotted last year, but its features were not observed until June 2018.
First-Ever Color X-Ray Scan Reveals Everything Inside Human Body
The novel technology could enable better diagnosis of diseases like cancer and arthritis in the future.
Mars’ Organic Material Was Likely Discovered, Destroyed 40 Years Ago
Just recently, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover detected organic compounds on the red planet.
Watch: MIT’s Cheetah Robot Can Run, Jump, Climb Stairs Without Seeing Obstacles
The team hopes with further developments, the Labrador-sized machine should be able to execute missions in dangerous blinding situations like inspection of a power planet.
Spiders Use Natural Electric Fields To Fly Through Air, Study Reveals
The unique capability could be allowing the creatures to fly dozens of miles from one point to another without sufficient aerodynamic drag.
Jupiter’s Colorful Auroras Carry Strange Footprint Of Its Moons, Juno Images Reveal
A team analyzing the data collected by Juno spotted the moon-associated auroral features in unprecedented detail.
Northern White Rhinoceros: Hybrid Embryos Could Save Critically Endangered Species
The team has already created two hybrid embryos and plans to bred them into baby hybrids to bring NWR back.
Our 3-Million-Year-Old Ancestors' Children Were Walking, Climbing Trees
The researchers came to conclusion after analyzing the fossils of a rare female toddler who lived more than three million years ago.
Day Zero: Nick Sloane Wants To Haul Iceberg To Cape Town
While efforts to reduce water usage and restrictions like two-minute showers have contributed to postponing the looming threat, experts think Day Zero could still happen and that too as early as next year.
Einstein’s Theory Of General Relativity Validated In Extreme Gravity Environments
Scientists demonstrated the rules of gravity apply to even some of the most massive and densest objects in the known universe.
Milky Way Annihilated ‘Sausage’ Dwarf Galaxy Some 8 Billion Years Ago
An international team of astronomers found the wreckage of the ancient collision in the depths of our galaxy.
Deep Space Trash: NASA Exploring Technologies To Minimize Waste On Long-Term Flights
On deep space missions, waste accumulation not only eats up precious space on the craft, but also causes health problems for those onboard.
Intent To Commit Violence, Sexual Assault Reduces By Zapping Brain With Current
The team demonstrated their method can raise an individual’s moral awareness and reduce the intent to commit heinous crimes by more than 50 percent.
Eta Carinae: Massive Star System Likely Blasting Cosmic Rays Towards Earth
Determining the origin of cosmic rays has been a problem because the path of electrically charged particles gets deflected due to Earth's magnetic field.
China Reportedly Develops Laser Rifle Capable Of Burning Through Human Skin
The weapon can burn a hole through human skin and cause pain beyond endurance, researchers behind the new weapon said.
Ceres: NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Closes In On Dwarf Planet, Photographs Strange Crater
The spacecraft is currently orbiting just 35 kilometers above the surface of the dwarf planet.
Uranus: Strange Tilt Of Ice Giant Finally Explained
A protoplanet probably struck the ice giant sideways and triggered a series of processes that shaped it into the world we see today.
First Neutron Star Merger Ever Observed Found Emitting Powerful Beams Of Light
After more than a hundred days in hiding, the neutron star merger came out to show the aftermath of the cataclysmic collision.
Baby Exoplanet Forming Around Dwarf Star Photographed By Astronomers For First Time
The rare discovery could help scientists improve the current models of planetary formation.
Russian Nuclear Agency Exploring Technologies To Blast Incoming Asteroids
The move comes just a few days after a small meteorite exploded with 2.8 kilotons of force over several Russian cities.
Invisibility Cloak: New Technology Makes Real-World Objects Invisible
The novel device uses the interaction of light with an object to make it invisible to the viewer.
Near-Earth Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Reflects Light In Strange Way, Astronomers Discover
In December 2017, the 20,000-feet wide near-Earth asteroid came within 6.5 million miles of our planet.
Lemurs Use Smell Of Their Competition To Determine Weakness
A group of researchers swabbed secretion from 23 ring-tailed lemurs to see how the animals' discharge change when they fight to mate.
Human Ancestors Who Lived 4 Million Years Ago Had Pretty Similar Skulls
A group of scientists employed sophisticated imaging techniques to gain unprecedented insight into the anatomy of an ancient human fossil.
Mars Likely Had Life-Supporting Conditions Much Earlier Than Thought
A group researchers analyzed an old Martian meteorite to delve into the history of its formation.
Climate On These Potentially Habitable Exoplanets Might Be Stable, Just Like Earth
A group of researchers analyzed the axial tilt of two potentially habitable worlds to gain more insight into the climatic conditions prevailing there.
Boeing’s Hypersonic Jet Could Cover New York To London In 2 Hours
The company said the concept aircraft, when developed, could be used for both military and civilian hypersonic flights.
Newly-Discovered Predator Wasps Feed On Other Creatures To Grow
According to scientists, thousands of these predatory wasps still remain undocumented.
James Webb Space Telescope Delayed Again Due To Technical Issues, Human Error
The telescope will provide critical insight into stars and galaxies from the dawn of time and the possibility of life beyond Earth.