Illustration showing superconducting Cooper pairs in the magic-angle multilayer graphene family. The adjacent layers are twisted…
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Controversial prehistoric egg identified as last ‘devil death duck’
The only almost completely intact Genyornis eggshell has been discovered. It was located by N. Spooner…
Engineers consult 45-year-old Voyager manuals to fix a bug
In May, NASA scientists said the Voyager 1 spacecraft was sending inaccurate data from it Height…
‘Amazing’ fossilized brains dating back 500 million years prompt a rethinking of the evolution of insects and spiders
Stanley Karis Herbics. Credit: Sabrina Cappelli © Royal Ontario Museum An ancient three-eyed predator reveals key…
A star orbiting the black hole of the Milky Way at 18 million miles per hour
A recently discovered star, now known as S4716, is traveling at an astonishing 5,000 miles (8,000…
Dramatic samples show that the asteroid Bennu is not what scientists expected
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission unleashed an unexpected explosion when it landed on asteroid Bennu in October 2020…
The building blocks of life have been discovered in the cloud near the center of our galaxy
New research has found that molecular clouds are loaded with key precursors to life on Earth.…
Re-analysis of the fossil found it to be from the oldest branch of vertebrates
Zoom / Yes, these are the gills on this Cambrian animal. Since we are a member…
Scientists have discovered the building blocks of RNA in a cloud in the Milky Way
Scientists have discovered some of the building blocks of life – known as nitriles – in…
NASA reconnects with CAPSTONE spacecraft – preparing for course correction maneuver
by NASA 6 July 2022 The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or…