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On This Day, Dec. 1: U.S., Soviets ban military activity on Antarctica
On Dec. 1, 1959, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a treaty banning military activity on Antarctica.
Shoppers spend $7.4 billion online during Black Friday sales
Black Friday shoppers spent $7.4 billion online Friday and $4.2 billion on Thanksgiving day, making it the second largest Internet shopping day ever, according to data compiled by Adobe Analytics....
North Korea calls Japanese PM Shinzo Abe 'most stupid man' in dispute over launch
North Korea fired verbal shots at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday for mistaking Pyongyang's recent test-fire of its super-large multiple launch rocket system for a ballistic missile launch.
NASA shares mid-sized robotic lunar lander concept with industry
As NASA presses forward with the agency's mission to the Moon, Mars and beyond, the development of top-tier technology is critical to success. With emphasis on lunar exploration and scientific...
A big planet orbiting a tiny star? Here's how it can happen
A giant planet discovered around a tiny star is putting a new spin on how planets form. In a surprise to scientists, it seems to have arisen straight from gas.
Surveying the Building Blocks of the Solar System
This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT High-Performance In Situ Dust Analyzer (Hyperdust) KEY POINTS Hyperdust’s unique ion optics design combines the ability to provide high-performance composition...
NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on Europa
Portal origin URL: NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on EuropaPortal origin nid: 455232Published: Monday, November 18, 2019 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientists have evidence that one of these ingredients,...
First Detection of Sugars in Meteorites Gives Clues to Origin of Life
Portal origin URL: First Detection of Sugars in Meteorites Gives Clues to Origin of LifePortal origin nid: 452967Published: Monday, November 18, 2019 - 15:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: An international team...
Unlocking the Origins of the Universe
Video Length: 3:11AMS-02 is helping scientists investigate many fundamental physics questions from its place on the space station. Astronauts are conducting a series of space walks to perform repairs and extend...
NASA Rockets Study Why Tech Goes Haywire Near Poles
Portal origin URL: NASA Rockets Study Why Tech Goes Haywire Near PolesPortal origin nid: 455619Published: Friday, November 22, 2019 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A magnetic weak point near the...
Effects of the Solar Wind
Video Length: 3:45The continuously expanding solar wind begins in our Sun and doesn’t stop until after it reaches the edge of the heliosphere. Read this story Video Links: Effects of the Solar Wind -...
Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky
Portal origin URL: Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the SkyPortal origin nid: 455808Published: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 09:55Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Newly documented behavior seen during...
Black Hole or Newborn Stars? SOFIA Finds Galactic Puzzle
Portal origin URL: Black Hole or Newborn Stars? SOFIA Finds Galactic PuzzlePortal origin nid: 455848Published: Friday, November 29, 2019 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientists on SOFIA found a black...
#PeriodicPoetry contest winners announced
3 standout poems embody the beauty of the periodic table and its 118 elements
Sargassum is strangling tourism in the Caribbean. Can scientists find a use for it?
Researchers are searching for the silver lining in the largest seaweed bloom in recorded history
Charge detection mass spectrometry measures molecular structures too big for regular mass spec
Scientists are paying more attention to the technique as a commercial instrument proves up to the task
Long-lasting fire retardant protects grasses and brush
New formulation sticks to vegetation and withstands sun, wind, and rain
Missions to Mars will need an upgraded dinner menu
As we plan long-duration space missions, scientists study how to grow food on the Red Planet and improve the nutrition of packaged snacks
Theoretical understanding of universe evolution and discovery of exoplanets win 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
James Peebles wins for advances in physical cosmology, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz win for exoplanet discovery
Video: Lithium-ion batteries are (finally) Goodenough
Watch why John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino are ‘very deserving' of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Theoretical understanding of universe evolution and discovery of exoplanets win 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
James Peebles wins for advances in physical cosmology, and Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz win for exoplanet discovery
David Liu anuncia una herramienta CRISPR que permite “buscar y reemplazar,” y una start-up para comercializarla
Beam Therapeutics, y una nueva start-up llamada Prime Medicine, desarrollará terapias basadas en ‘prime editors,' que pueden añadir, eliminar, o cambiar nucleótidos en cualquier punto del genoma.
Podcast: When rocket chemistry blasted off and came back to Earth
Rocket chemists have pushed the boundaries of chemistry, through good times and bad
Nanowire solar cells withstand more radiation than their flat counterparts
The devices could lead to lighter, more durable spacecraft and easily deployable space-based solar arrays
Scientists find the smallest number of water molecules that can form ice
Experiments and simulations clarify how freezing happens in nanosized droplets
Meteorites contain extraterrestrial ribose
Complex sugars found in rocky meteorites hint at origins of life on early Earth
How two gamma-ray bursts created record-breaking high-energy photons
Two eruptions of gamma rays from exploding stars in far-off galaxies have pelted Earth with the highest-energy photons yet detected from one of these explosions. The shower of light particles reveals how so-called...
19 more galaxies mysteriously missing dark matter have been found
A smattering of small galaxies appear to be missing a whole lot of dark matter. Most of a typical galaxy is invisible. This elusive mass, known as dark matter, seems to be...