NASA successfully shifted an asteroid's orbit – DART spacecraft crashed into and moved Dimorphos

Oct 13, 2022 11:52 am UTC| Science

This video, sped up 10 times the actual speed, shows a series of images taken one second apart by the DART spacecraft as it approached Didymos and the smaller Dimorphos before colliding with Dimorphos. The last few images...

These stunning satellite images look like abstract art – and they reveal much about our planet

Oct 13, 2022 11:46 am UTC| Science

Theres something to be said for a job that pays you to stroll over the Scottish Highlands, scoot around a Greek Island, or go on an expedition to Antarctica all in the name of geoscience, the study of the Earth. But...

NASA's asteroid deflection mission was more successful than expected. An expert explains how

Oct 13, 2022 11:45 am UTC| Science

On September 26, after a nine-month journey through the Solar System, NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted an asteroid called Dimorphos. NASA scored a bullseye, with DART roughly the size of a...

Nobel-winning quantum weirdness undergirds an emerging high-tech industry, promising better ways of encrypting communications and imaging your body

Oct 11, 2022 04:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Unhackable communications devices, high-precision GPS and high-resolution medical imaging all have something in common. These technologies some under development and some already on the market all rely on the...

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Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years

Oct 11, 2022 04:27 am UTC| Science

Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly moving away from Earth. But we know otherwise. In 1969, NASAs Apollo missions installed reflective panels on the moon. These have shown...

USDA approves genetically-modified purple tomato

Sep 29, 2022 23:47 pm UTC| Health Science Economy Business

The US Department of Agriculture approved the genetically modified purple tomato to extend its shelf life and boost nutritional quality almost 15 years after its development. According to biochemist Cathie Martin, she...

S. Korea’s Celltrion Partners with US firm Abpro for breast cancer treatment

Sep 22, 2022 23:57 pm UTC| Health Science Economy Business

South Koreas Celltrion Inc. will jointly develop and work on the market release with Abpro Corp. of the US on a breast cancer treatment candidate ABP 10 Under the deal, Celltrion will receive US$10 million in milestone...