This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! A small portion of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, shown in microscope images. The top left panel shows a dark Bennu particle, about a millimeter long, with an outer crust of bright phosphate. The other three panels show … Read more
NASA’s Perseverance Rover has left Mount Washburn behind and arrived at its next destination, Bright Angel. An unusual type of rock was found there that scientists call ‘popcorn rock’. The strange rock is evidence that water was once present in the Jezero crater. Perseverance’s mission is focused on life on ancient Mars. In addition to … Read more
Nearly 200 years ago, human blood was said to have been incorporated into a ceremonial tomb that legend has it built in a royal palace complex in what is now Benin. Now, an investigation into the proteins found within the tomb’s walls reveals evidence that the legend is true. According to a new study, the … Read more
Spiral galaxy, NGC 4303, seen from above. Pink, orange and red galactic long-range images. Elements … [+] of this image provided by NASA (combination of images observed by the Webb and Hubble telescopes) Getty Like most good science, large telescopes often create more riddles than they solve. That’s certainly been the case with NASA’s Webb … Read more
In a remarkable feat of astronomical research, Kevin Hainline, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, has observed a galaxy that offers a glimpse into the universe’s distant past. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Hainline and his team have identified a galaxy, named JADES-GS-z14-0, that appears as it existed 290 million years after … Read more
June 15, 2024, 7:05 PM Businessman sues Apple after woman finds ‘deleted’ iPhone messages for prostitution. Image: Alamy A man is taking legal action against Apple after he was left red-faced when his wife discovered ‘deleted’ iMessages sent to a prostitute. The ‘happily married’ businessman is suing the tech giant, claiming his divorce was a … Read more
A European experiment aboard China’s Chang’e 6 mission has recorded previously undetected charged particles on the moon’s surface. A catalog of these will allow astronomers to better investigate the chemical composition of the moon’s regolith. These particles, which are essentially gases generated by sunlight, were detected at the landing site of the Chang’e-6 spacecraft in … Read more
When it comes to hunting down the explosive deaths of massive stars in the early universe, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a true cosmic detective. This celestial Sherlock Holmes has found evidence of 80 new early supernovae in a patch of sky as wide as a grain of rice, held at arm’s length. … Read more
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust surrounding a young, very low-mass star. The results reveal the largest number of carbon-containing molecules yet seen in such a disk. These findings have implications for the potential composition of any planets that could form … Read more
A strange planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is confusing astronomers. Despite being mercilessly bombarded with radiation from its red giant parent star, the world has, against all odds, held on to its atmosphere. It is also smaller, older and hotter than scientists thought possible for such a planet. In reality, the … Read more