When we start talking about Earth’s origin, there are many theories on the table that have been tossed around for years, with the Big Bang hypothesis often leading the charge. But thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have homed in…

When we start talking about Earth’s origin, there are many theories on the table that have been tossed around for years, with the Big Bang hypothesis often leading the charge. But thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have homed in…

When we start talking about Earth’s origin, there are many theories on the table that have been tossed around for years, with the Big Bang hypothesis often leading the charge. But thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have homed in…

A new video from the ESA shows how a candle flame behaves in microgravity, showing a rounded, pulsing glow unlike the elongated flames seen on Earth. The footage, released on ESA’s multimedia channel, was recorded during ESA’s parabolic…

To take a picture, the best digital cameras on the market open their shutter for around around one four-thousandths of a second.
To snap atomic activity, you’d need a shutter that clicks a lot faster.
With that in mind, scientists unveiled in…

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On Episode 184 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and some of the most laughable) movies…

A mosquito larva entombed in amber for about 99 million years is now the oldest known of its kind, according to a new study.
The fossil comes from Kachin in northern Myanmar and likely formed when tree resin dripped into a tiny pool.

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon.
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Not all species that have been classified as “extinct” are actually extinct….

Japanese engineers have reportedly developed a hypersonic space-based missile tracking technology. Called the HTV-X, the new tech has been built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
According to…

Welcome back to a special scary installment of the Abstract! Is Halloween over? Technically yes. But as lovers of spooky season will know, the fallout from Halloween—when dawn reveals the remains of the festivities—is an…