April 20, 2021 Ingenuity has flown on Mars; what's next in NASA's Perseverance mission? Now that NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed its first test flight on the red planet, members of the agency's Southern California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory will prepare for the next stages of their mission.
April 20, 2021 Fossil site may prove tyrannosaurs lived in packs Ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves, new research unveiled Monday found.
April 15, 2021 NASA, international astronomers announce unprecedented data on famous supermassive black hole M87 New data released by a team of hundreds of international scientists offers a more comprehensive understanding of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 and the system it powers.
April 14, 2021 BPA-like chemical raising concern of ‘alarming’ brain damage: study A popular chemical alternative to bisphenol A (BPA), known for use in plastic water bottles and food cans, is causing concerns that it could “seriously damage” human brains.
March 27, 2021 Endangered California bird to be reintroduced to skies for first time in nearly 100 years The majestic California condor is set to soar through Pacific Northwestern skies for the first time in nearly a century.
March 25, 2021 Astronomers capture new polarized view of a black hole Scientists from the international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration announced Wednesday that they had been able to map the magnetic fields around a black hole using polarized light waves for the first time, releasing a stunning image of the supermassive object at the center of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy.
March 20, 2021 Scientists discover Antarctic marine life trapped under ice for half a century German researchers have uncovered marine life along the Antarctic seafloor for the first time in decades after a massive iceberg calved from the Antarctic Ice Sheet last month.
March 20, 2021 Katherine Johnson: What to know about the 'Hidden Figures' NASA scientist Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Coleman Johnson of "Hidden Figures" fame was always at the front of the class.
March 18, 2021 Mars Perseverance rover captures first sounds of driving on Red Planet NASA has released the first-ever recordings of a vehicle driving across Mars.
March 18, 2021 Scientists in US, Canada gear up for battle against murder hornets Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are opening new fronts in the war against so-called murder hornets as the giant insects begin establishing nests this spring.