Discovery and exploration: space missions and astronomy, physics and biology, new research findings, and what scientists are learning about the world and beyond.
Il telescopio spaziale Swift della Nasa, lanciato nel 2004 per studiare i lampi di raggi gamma, è rientrato nell'atmosfera e si è in gran parte disintegrato sopra l'Indonesia.
Alfredo Garro, docente dell'Università della Calabria, è stato eletto Vice Chair dello SpaceFOM 2.0 Product Development Group, incaricato di sviluppare il nuovo standard di interoperabilità delle simulazioni spaziali.
Stargazers are advised to watch the Southern Taurid meteor shower's fireballs during next week's new moon, with NASA and other outlets outlining November 2026 sky events.
Il meteorite Teghaza 001, trovato nel Sahara nel 2022, è un frammento della crosta marziana formatosi almeno 4,1 miliardi di anni fa, secondo uno studio guidato dal JPL della NASA.
Ricercatori della Weill Cornell Medicine hanno individuato un punto debole genetico nei tumori: la molecola sperimentale TDI-012804 colpisce TNKS2 senza danneggiare le cellule sane. Lo studio è preclinico.
Uno studio guidato dall'Italia rileva nei tumori del colon-retto a esordio precoce un programma molecolare simile a quello placentare, legato all'attività del DNA virale HERVH.
Uno studio su Nature mostra che nella Drosophila erecta il corteggiamento è un rito collettivo innescato dall'odore di frutta matura e dalla presenza di altri moscerini.
A NASA Science feature highlights Cyprus's distinctive natural features, including its snakes, feral cats, and ophiolite rock formations. The source is a brief headline listing with no article body available.
NASA's Swift space telescope, which spent two decades studying cosmic explosions, plunged back to Earth and burned up after a failed rescue attempt.
NASA's Swift space telescope re-entered Earth's atmosphere over Indonesia's North Sumatra region after a failed private rescue mission to raise its orbit. Most of the craft is expected to have burned up.
El astronauta Jeremy Hansen, de la misión Artemis 2, promueve en Madrid una «ciudad inteligente» de 12.000 viviendas de lujo alrededor de una réplica gigante de la Luna.
NASA's 22-year-old Swift observatory fell from orbit and burned up over North Sumatra, Indonesia, after a rescue mission failed. No damage or injuries were reported on the ground.
Dr. William Brown argues Nobel science prizes often follow predictable chains of discovery, citing gravitational waves, black holes, and gene-editing as examples.
A Murdoch Children's Research Institute study of 1,275 Australian infants found 35 per cent with suspected peanut allergy passed a supervised food challenge, prompting calls to confirm diagnoses before treatment.
NASA has announced a new experimental aircraft, the X-70 "Fractal," to advance flight research, with details to be unveiled at the Max Power airshow in Florida.
NASA's Voyager 1 is expected to become the first human-made object one light-day (about 25.9 billion km) from Earth on November 18, 2026, after a brief signal loss in October.
Researchers from Japan, Croatia, and Switzerland report that repeated remodeling of the C-terminal region of the enzyme IleRS may have helped bacteria speed up protein synthesis.
A UK randomized trial led by the University of Bristol found older kidney failure patients with frailty or multiple conditions have similar length and quality of life with dialysis or conservative care.
NASA unveiled the crewed X-70 Fractal, a rapidly reconfigurable experimental aircraft meant to accelerate advanced aviation research, with first flight expected within two years.
University of Newcastle researchers have found a possibly disease-free koala population in bushland near Newcastle, with drone surveys estimating around 2,300 koalas and calls for habitat protection.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a group co-founded by Church of Scientology members, urges science-backed lifestyle changes like social contact, exercise, sleep and diet to support mental health during the holidays.
Chinese researchers led by Liu Zhongmin report a zeolite-catalysed carbonylation method that makes acids without precious metals or acidic wastewater, published in Nature.
Alexander MacDonald, NASA's former first chief economist, was named president of the Canadian Space Agency, succeeding Lisa Campbell as Ottawa expands national space capabilities.
Research suggests some Antarctic soil microbes exist nowhere else on Earth, offering drug and enzyme potential while facing threats from warming and human activity.
