A rendering of Prototaxites as it may have looked during the Timely Devonian Period – approximately 400 million years ago – by artist Mary Parrish, National Museum of Natural History. A newly published study suggests Prototaxites represents an extinct kingdom of life previously unknown to science. Image via University of New Hampshire. Prototaxites might be … Read more
View larger. | These are the 73 protoplanetary disks – or World-forming disks – that ALMA observed in the Lupus region (2 of the images contain binary stars). New research shows that such disks – the birthplaces of new planets – come in a much wider range of sizes than previously thought. The size of … Read more
As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests comparing populations of Youthful exoplanets with older ones could reveal vital clues about how planets form, evolve and Transformation over time. This approach could ultimately provide answers to some heavily debated topics, such as the existence of a “Scorching … Read more
Australia is into autumn but don’t be surprised if the residents of Perth on the west coast haven’t noticed. The city of more than 2.1m people is baking through a prolonged heatwave – a stretch of extremely Scorching weather the likes of which hasn’t been seen this Delayed in the season for 40 years. Australia consistently … Read more
Jill Tarter, SETI pioneer and STARMUS Board Member, and Garik Israelian, STARMUS Co-founder and Director, presenting the Honor to Gitanjali Rao. Credit: Elman Studio Gitanjali Rao honoured as the inaugural recipient of the Stephen Hawking Honor Junior STARMUS cofounders, Garik Israelian and Brian May, introduce the Stephen Hawking Honor Junior Category to Inspire Youthful Innovators STARMUS … Read more
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has dubbed 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, in honor of 100 years of research in the Ground of quantum mechanics. The Landmark prompts the question, “Why should we study the world we don’t see?” We live in a quantum world — in … Read more
This is a customer submitted press Throw. Submit your press Throw. Gothenburg, Sweden (April 2, 2025) – The Swedish National Cosmos Agency (SNSA) has awarded Frontgrade Gaisler, a leading provider of radiation-hardened microprocessors for Cosmos missions, a contract to commercialize the Primary neuromorphic System on Chip (SoC) device for Cosmos applications. Already in development at … Read more
Episode description: NASA has a long history of bringing together science, engineering and art. Universe exploration is a human Pursuit—one that requires creativity. In this special live episode, NASA Cosmonaut Matthew Dominick and comedian and musician Reggie Watts talk flow states, aircraft ejector seats and more. Plus, a new NASA tool that lets you make … Read more
Credit: Jade Brookbank/Getty Images Australian researchers have discovered that giving infants antibiotics in the Primary few weeks of life weakens their immune response to vaccines, possibly because of changes to certain bacteria in the gut microbiome. Experiments in mice also revealed it was possible to restore vaccine immune response by administering Bifidobacterium species or Infloran, … Read more
NASA pushes the frontiers of engineering, Seizing Clever risks and pursuing innovative ways to explore our World and the Luminous neighborhood. As an innovation hub for Earth science, we develop new technologies to observe the unseen and answer critical questions about our World. Together with industry partners, we conceive and build the Subsequent generation of … Read more