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A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid sample ever collected. Scientists have high hopes for the sample, which landed on Sunday, saying it will provide a better understanding …

NASA released a report Thursday that said there is no conclusive evidence to suggest an extraterrestrial origin for unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), commonly known as UFOs. The report, prepared by an independent study team, highlighted challenges in explaining anomalous sightings, citing a lack of essential data, including witness reports. NASA …

The detection of phosphates on Saturn’s moon Enceladus is reported in a paper in Nature. Phosphorus has not previously been detected in oceans beyond those on Earth and this discovery provides a promising step forward in our understanding of ocean worlds. Enceladus is covered by a global ocean underneath an …

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe plunged into the sun’s atmosphere to capture the granular details of how its solar wind is made. A NASA spacecraft has skimmed through the sun’s hellish atmosphere to discover a mysterious source of solar wind. Away from the sun, the solar wind is a sloshing spray …

Three Russian academics who have worked on hypersonic missile technology face “very serious accusations”, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, in a treason investigation that has spread alarm through Russia’s scientific community. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was aware of an open letter from Siberian scientists in defence of the …

The discovery of 62 ‘irregular’ moons orbiting Saturn brings the planet’s total to 145 — and hints at a chaotic past. Jupiter’s brief but glorious reign as the planet with the most moons in our solar system came crashing down this week as scientists confirmed the discovery of 62 new …

Humans and robotic landers, rovers and orbiters have all explored the moon in great detail over the past several decades. But there are still many mysteries about Earth’s companion that need to be solved. One of those puzzles concerns the moon’s inner core. Is it solid or liquid? How large …

The baby ended up being born in March and she did not need any medications or treatments since she was discharged. For the first time ever, surgery was performed on a fetus’s brain while it was inside the womb, and the procedure was documented in a recent study. The study, …

Amplification of gamma oscillations and neurophysiological synchronization in the human brain during the dying process. Near-death experiences are deeply embedded in our culture, often including reports of white light, visits from departed loved ones and hearing voices. These shared elements raise the question of whether there is a natural phenomenon …

NASA’s extraterrestrial helicopter, Ingenuity, flew 40 feet into the Martian air and snapped an astonishing landscape of another world. On its 51st flight, the experimental craft — with rotors reaching four feet long from tip to tip — rose atop a hill just beyond the rim of the Belva crater. …

Scientists have analyzed the genomes – the complete set of DNA – of 240 mammals with an aim to understand more about the origins of human diseases. From dogs and bats to humans and monkeys, an international team of researchers surveyed the genetic material of different animals encompassing almost 80% …

The Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built and is designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars, or beyond. SpaceX’s massive Starship has launched but failed to make orbit. The stainless steel space vessel – composed of a spacecraft sitting atop the so-called Super Heavy booster rocket – …

The relationship between the human mind and body has been a subject that has challenged great thinkers for millennia, including the philosophers Aristotle and Descartes. The answer, however, appears to reside in the very structure of the brain. Researchers said on Wednesday they discovered that parts of the brain region …

The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, which generally lowers …

COVID-19 can spread through households via the virus on hands and surfaces, according to the results of a study by Imperial College London. The study results are the first to show that the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on individuals’ hands and frequently touched household surfaces is linked to the risk of …

The James Webb Space Telescope’s zoomed-in image of the planet Uranus was captured in a short, 12-minute exposure on Feb. 6, 2023 NASA released a stunning image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope of the planet Uranus, showing the ice giant’s bright features in the planet’s atmosphere and 11 …

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging travelers to Guinea and Tanzania to be mindful of contracting the deadly Marburg virus. The CDC is also sending personnel to Africa to assist stopping the outbreak of the disease. The Marburg virus is an infectious disease that has …

Astronomers from Durham University, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, have discovered one of the biggest black holes ever found — over 30 billion times the mass of the Sun — by taking advantage of a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. This is the first black hole ever …

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made another out-of-this-world discovery: A giant red planet outside the solar system. Nasa’s telescope has detected ‘turbulent’ cloud skies of sand in the atmosphere of a huge exoplanet that orbits two stars over a 10,000-year period. The study is published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. …

The geology of Brazil’s volcanic Trindade Island has fascinated scientists for years, but the discovery of rocks made from plastic debris in this remote turtle refuge is sparking alarm. Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km (708 miles) from the southeastern state of Espirito …