Category: 7. Science

When the Hubble Space Telescope began operations 35 years ago, it was motivated by some ambitious science goals. From its position in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), the Hubble was poised to address fundamental questions in astronomy. It was…

Laboratories turned to a smart workaround when COVID‑19 testing kits became scarce in 2020.

They mixed samples from several patients and ran a single test. If the test came back negative, everyone in it was cleared at once. If it was…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a trio of young stars in the process of becoming their best selves in the constellation Scorpius. Posted to the agency’s site on January 16 as part of its Hubble Stellar Construction Zones series,…

Since December 2022, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) platform has provided valuable data and information about the world’s oceans and its terrestrial surface water. On land, SWOT captures observations of water storage changes…

Scientific Paper

ALMA observations, together with NSF VLA, uncover the first…

A creature with enormous eyes hid for centuries beneath a Spanish city and appeared in a forgotten Roman mine dating back 2,000 years The Carmona isopod, a new species named Baeticoniscus carmonaensis, turned up in a 2,000-year-old Roman water…

The post These Tiny Moths Navigate Hundreds of Miles Using the Stars appeared first on A-Z Animals.

Quick Take

• 1-inch bogong moths must complete a 600-mile migration to survive.

• Relying on a random array of stars causes these insects to lose their…