First Quadruple Asteroid System Discovered By Thai and French Astronomers
Close to 150 years ago, astronomer Christian Peters found what was to be designated minor planet 130 Elektra,…
There May Be a Strange Type of Iron Alloy Sitting Inside Earth’s Core, New Study Suggests
A recent study from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) suggests that there may be something “strange” present…
The Parker Solar Probe Just Took Its First Visible-Light Photos of Venus
Months after claiming the ultimate speed record for an artificial object and after dipping below our Sun’s atmosphere…
Fiber-Based LEDs Make For a Smart Touchscreen “Textile”
If the thought of a touchscreen shirt doesn’t make sense to you now, it just might in the…
In an Engineering Milestone, James Webb Finally Has Its Optics Aligned
After tracking the status and updates regarding one of humanity’s most remarkable feats of engineering, the now-deployed James…
Scientists Can Now See a Material’s Elasticity Using Laser Ultrasound
Measuring the elasticity of a material, or the material’s capacity to return to its original shape once the…
Nanomaterials May Soon Give Rise to Better Surface Sealants for Concrete
The ubiquitous material known as concrete can be seen all around our modern world today, as its usage…
These “Toy” Dog Genes Can Be Traced Back to 54,000-Year-Old Wolves
Your nearest Chihuahua may appear so distant in appearance to its wolf-like ancestors that they might as well…
This Costa Rican Lake May Reveal How Mars Could Have Hosted Life
Near the center of Costa Rica is its famous volcano called Volcán Poás, whose peaks house two crater…
Nerve Tissue Impressions Preserved In 500-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossils
It’s true that nature certainly seems relentless, in that it is only capable of preserving such a small…