Category: 7. Science

Researchers have discovered that microplastics floating in rivers, lakes, and oceans continuously leak a complex mixture of dissolved organic chemicals that evolve over time, especially under sunlight. The work provides the most…

In the United States, there are more than 100,000 people on the national organ transplant waitlist. Of these, nearly 90,000 are seeking a kidney transplant, and 11 people die every day waiting for a new kidney they never receive.^1,2

The number of…

The composition of Uranus and Neptune might be less icy than previously thought, according to a new study by University of Zürich scientists.

The microscopic organisms that fill our bodies, soils, oceans and atmosphere play essential roles in human health and the planet’s ecosystems. Yet even with modern DNA sequencing, figuring out what these microbes are and how they are…

What made the event especially noticeable is that the mission is a primary source of information on the behaviour and evolution of the Martian atmosphere. During routine checks, the orbiter, which has spent more than a decade around the Red…

Newswise — The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA collaboration with European Space Agency (ESA) participation, was built to study the most extreme…

The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA collaboration with European Space Agency (ESA) participation, was built to study the most extreme environments…

A wheelchair user will reach space next week for the first time ever, if all goes according to plan.

Blue Origin announced today (Dec. 11) that it’s targeting Dec. 18 for its NS-37 mission, which will send six people on a brief trip to suborbital…

For the 300th time this year, a rocket has lifted off for low Earth orbit.

SpaceX on Thursday (Dec. 11), launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in…