Quick Summary Event: On August 7 adn 8, NASA engineers tested key components of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: solar panels and the deployable aperture cover (a visor-like sunshade).
Quick Summary NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is exploring “boxwork structures” as part of its ongoing mission on Mars. The rover recently moved away from a site named “Río Frío” and
Quick Summary A new extinct shelduck species, the Rēkohu shelduck (Tadorna rekohu), was described by researchers from New Zealand and Australia. Fossil bone deposits from the Chatham Islands were used
Swift Summary Astronomers analyzed the spectroscopic data from asteroid (142) Polana using NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The study compared Polana’s data with samples from near-Earth asteroids Bennu (101955) and
Quick summary Timeframe: Earth’s atmosphere during the Mesozoic era (252-66 million years ago) contained significantly higher carbon dioxide levels than today. Key Findings: – Total photosynthesis by plants globally was
Quick Summary Researchers analyzed samples from asteroid Bennu too understand it’s elemental and isotopic composition through NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. Bennu’s composition closely resembles the Sun, making it a reference point
Speedy Summary Marine animals began colonizing deep ocean habitats around 390 million years ago during the Devonian period,driven by an increase in deep-ocean oxygen. Research by Duke University, NASA’s virtual
Swift Summary The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), was the last of a marsupial family that once thrived across Australia and New Guinea. It became extinct on the Australian
Quick Summary The rare sailback houndshark (Gogolia filewoodi), known for its unusually large dorsal fin, has been rediscovered in Papua New Guinea after more than 50 years. First described in
Quick Summary Researchers, including Ling He’s team at UCLA, are exploring a paradigm shift in cancer treatment by “reprogramming” cells, rather than destroying them. Glioblastoma cells were coaxed into behaving
