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'Harbor Seal Rock' on Mars and other new sights intrigue Perseverance rover scientists

Perseverance is not yet ready to dive into that science work; the mission team is still conducting health and status checks on its various instruments and subsystems. But the six-wheeled robot recently used its Mastcam- ...

Full moon in February 2021: When to see the Snow Moon

(CNN) Look up at the night sky tonight to catch a glimpse of February's full moon, which will be 100% full on Saturday at 3:17 a.m. ET. The full moon will be visible around the world, but poor weather may block the view for some. Moon gazers can watch a live ...

Hunting for a Giant Black Hole, Astronomers Found a Nest of Darkness

The New York Times

The New York Times

No Gargantua dwells at the heart of stellar cluster NGC 6397. Instead, a few dozen smaller black holes seem to be swarming around in there, throwing their considerable masses around.

Imaging space debris in high resolution

Accounting for the rotation produces a much clearer image. Credit: Matan Leibovich, George Papanicolaou, and Chrysoula Tsogka. Litter is not only a problem on Earth. According to NASA, there ...

Scientists use Doppler to peer inside cells

David Nolte works with the Doppler apparatus to peer inside living cells, giving him insight into intracellular activity, metabolism, and pathogenicity Credit: Purdue University /Rebecca McElhoe. Doppler radar improves lives by peeking inside air masses to ...

NASA hosts ceremony renaming headquarters building for 'Hidden Figure' Mary Jackson

Jackson joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of NASA, during the height of segregation in the U.S. She became NASA's first Black engineer in 1958. She was unable to advance far ...

NASA's DC headquarters is being renamed for 'Hidden Figures' scientist Mary Jackson

Mary Winston Jackson successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become a professional aerospace engineer and leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future generations. Want more inspiring ...

Solar storms can wreak havoc. We need better space weather forecasts

Science News

Science News

Since December 2019, the sun has been moving into a busier part of its cycle, when increasingly intense pulses of energy can shoot out in all directions. Some of these large bursts of charged particles head right toward Earth. Without a good way to anticipate ...

Retroviruses are re-writing the koala genome and causing cancer

The koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a virus which, like other retroviruses such as HIV, inserts itself into the DNA of an infected cell. At some point in the past 50,000 years, KoRV has infected the egg or sperm cells of koalas, leading to offspring that carry the ...

Warming may promote spread of invasive blue catfish

Health (mean relative condition) of juvenile blue catfish for 16 weeks at 2 temperature levels and 4 salinity levels. Fish were healthier at higher temperatures except under the highest salinity level after week 8. Ribbons show 95% confidence bands. Credit: ...