Rather than simply raising the contrast between colors, the decorrelation method maps the original colors to an expanded range.
Read full article
Paleontologists have identified the first known trackway made by a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex, and the discovery was made in the North Dakota badlands.
Read full article
See where Captain Kirk and the Gorn squared up.
Read full articleA new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center reported Thursday that Mercury's shrinkage may be 30% greater than previously believed. They say that represents a loss in diamet…
Read full article
Astronomers have taken one of the deepest looks yet at Cloud-9, a candidate "dark galaxy," and found no trace of stars. The paper outlining this discovery was posted to the arXiv preprint server on Aug. 21.
Read full article
"We've established that FRBs are a leading probe of the distribution of matter in the universe."
Read full article
I can’t believe he’s “offended” about this.
Read full article
The National Geodetic Survey has spent years building a replacement for the reference system that fixes every published position in the country. New geodetic-control submissions into the old system stop being accepted after January 13, 2027.
Read full article
What looked like a strange rock in a Bay Area creek turned out to be something much older and rarer. A scientist working in San Mateo County discovered an intact mastodon tooth during a field survey at a Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District preserve, off…
Read full article
Liftoff of the USSF-153 mission is scheduled for 11:37 a.m. ET today (Sept. 10).
Read full article
UK astronomers have uncovered new clues about the origin of 3I/Atlas – only the third known object from beyond our Solar System ever spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood.
Read full article
Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover flew around the moon in April with two other astronauts.
Read full article
A multi-institutional research team led by Georgia State University Regents' Professor Emerita of Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry Jenny J. Yang has developed a new class of protein-based MRI contrast agents that detect invasive lung cancer and metastat…
Read full article
"Like light, gravitational waves can also be deflected, magnified, and split into multiple signals by massive objects."
Read full article
The discovery of Gondwana’s buried bits helps settle the question of whether it was a supercontinent.
Read full article
As a liquid that is easily stored and transported, ammonia (NH3) is an attractive carrier for hydrogen, which is used in fuel cells, semiconductor manufacturing, chemical processing and other applications. However, breaking ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen …
Read full article
Objects found in a cave in southwestern China suggest that these enigmatic ancient humans were accomplished hunters.
Read full article
"For the first time, we were able to watch two massive stars move around one another while they were still being born."
Read full article
New observations of the composition of distant galaxies offer insights into the earliest phases of the universe and confirm decades of scientific understanding of the elements and particles produced by the Big Bang, according to a new study.
Read full article
Alouette I exceeded its one-year design life and used antennas that unrolled from compact coils into long tubular structures. Its radio observations left an enduring archive.
Read full article
Until just over a decade ago, ring systems were thought to be exclusive to the giant planets of the solar system, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. However, in 2013, a small body barely 250 kilometers (155 miles) in diameter, located at nearly 17 t…
Read full article