Researchers say that the Viking Age left an imprint on the genetics of present-day Scandinavians. In an international study published Thursday in the journal Cell, scientists found that DNA from…
These defrosting dunes on Mars look like they were laid down by a baker with a tube full of frosting. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our…
Hubble’s view (left) and Webb’s view (right) of barred spiral galaxy EGS-23205 as it was about 11 billion years ago. NASA/CEERS/University of Texas at Austin The James Webb Space Telescope…
Starliner after its return from a flight test. NASA hopes the Boeing spacecraft will carry crew to the ISS in 2023. NASA/Bill Ingalls It’s going to be tough for NASA…
Robert Bryant at work, circa 2012. Sean Smith/NASA Robert Bryant was part of a team at NASA in the early 1990s tasked with coming up with a new material for…
JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata snapped a view of the Mario CubeSat shortly after it was deployed from the ISS. NASA/Koichi Wakata The Mario movie based on the Super Mario Bros. game is…
JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata snapped a view of the Mario CubeSat shortly after it was deployed from the ISS. NASA/Koichi Wakata The Mario movie based on the Super Mario Bros. game is…
The bomb cyclone on Wednesday, Jan. 4, moving toward the coast of California. NOAA Satellites Beginning Wednesday and on into Thursday, areas of Northern and Southern California have been undergoing excessive…
The bomb cyclone as it moves toward the coast of California, taken on Wednesday, Jan. 4. NOAA Satellites On Wednesday and Thursday, areas of Northern and Southern California are poised…
A green comet discovered last March will make its closest approach to Earth this month. The comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was first discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera…
