SCIENCE

Modern talapoins can only be found in West Central Africa and are confined to tropical forests. The Nanopithecus browni was found in Kenya and lived in a dry habitat covered with open forests and grasslands.

The simple act of petting cats and dogs can go a long way when it comes to reducing stress that people face. Cortisol levels, an indication of stress, have been lowered after spending at least 10 minutes petting a cat or dog.

Silica aerogel sheets can make Mars warmer and more habitable by mimicking the greenhouse effect. On Earth, greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide cause global warming by trapping energy from the sun.

Emotions are manifested by the people walk. A new approach was developed to understand the context of the gait.

Great white sharks have been spotted at Cape Cod beaches and another shark was seen dead and washed ashore in Carlsbad.

Thirty years of data has shown scientists what is killing coral reefs in Florida. And it is not climate change alone.

An employee from NASA revealed that almost nothing can be done to prevent a wide-scale impact event caused by a massive asteroid strike. According to the employee, the U.S. government would feel as helpless as the people of Earth when it comes to addressing the catastrophic event.

A media firm for Elon Musk’s ventures including SpaceX has accused NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine of openly distorting the company’s response following the Crew Dragon explosion. After the mishap, Bridenstine allegedly focused the blame on SpaceX by criticizing the company’s communication procedures.

Different images have been "seen" on the Red Planet, but what are they exactly?

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a beautiful image of a distant dwarf galaxy. Due to the unique nature of the galaxy, it resembles a flowering cherry blossom tree.

NASA’s orbiting satellite was able to capture an amazing image of the Curiosity rover as it explored Mars’ surface. The rover was seen from space as it went around the Martian area known as Woodland Bay.

The Aquilarhinus has lower jaws that meet in an odd W-shape that creates a wide, flattened scoop. Its jaw and characteristics do not fit with those of the main group of duck-billed dinosaurs.

Crops that are grown in space are ideally easily pollinated and can survive in a high carbon dioxide environment. NASA researchers also want plant varieties that do not grow tall, but tend to be very productive in the controlled environment that they would use in space. 

The animal rescue group PAWS of Hawaii showed heartbreaking pictures of the injured animal on Facebook. The dog was severely swollen, covered in sunburn and missing 90 percent of its fur.

A documentary on NASA’s lunar mission revealed what the Apollo 11 astronauts were doing inside their spacecraft when their radio temporarily died as they flew across the dark side of the Moon. The revelation was made through previously classified sound recordings of the interactions between the astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

After two glitches, the Russian space agency finally launched the Spektr-RG into space.

The Chandrayaan-2 was to be launched Sunday but has now been delayed due to a technical glitch.

Due to the looming threat of a major asteroid impact, an astrophysicist described what would happen to Earth during the catastrophic event. According to the astrophysicist, aside from the devastation caused by the actual impact, Earth will also suffer through the event’s prolonged effect on the environment.

An image of a pig is said to have been found in one of the photos of NASA's Curiosity rover.

For the first time, astronomers have come across a possible moon that’s currently forming in a distant star system. According to the astronomers, they found traces of a cosmic structure that’s similar to the one that formed Jupiter’s moons billions of years ago.

NASA has spotted two massive asteroids that will closely approach Earth this week. According to the agency’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), one of the asteroids is a frequent visitor to Earth’s vicinity.

The study recommended bleach cleaning to wipe out the bacteria from all surfaces, but that works only to an extent.

The study found that a chemical found in hand sanitizers and soaps is increasing the risk of osteoporosis.

Researchers are now seeking answers from expelled exomoons.

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences who were studying the dinosaur’s fossil found the nearly complete lizard on the creature’s stomach. It appears the dinosaur swallowed the lizard whole, head first. 

Scientists were trying to confirm that the accretion disk does not exist below certain luminosities, but they found a disk normally seen in objects that are 1,000 or even 100,000 times more luminous. 

For the first time, television network Nickelodeon will send its famous play slime to space. It will be delivered to NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

A new study reveals that it's possible for the Moon to detach from the Earth's orbit and become an independent planet.

NASA is currently building a fleet of robots that can climb rocks and ice on Mars.