Photograph of the Atlas blue butterfly, taken by Roger Vila, senior author on this paper. Credit: Dr. Roger Vila / The Institute of Evolutionary Biology The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of evolution, adaptation, and even human cancer. The Atlas blue butterfly, scientifically named Polyommatus atlantica, has been confirmed as …
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🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Have you noticed anything out of whack about Earth since 2015? I’m speaking, of course, about how our planet’s wobble started shrinking that year, a mysterious shift that scientists have been puzzling over ever since. Now, …
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‘If there is a space race, China’s already winning it’: NASA unlikely to bring Mars samples back to Earth before China does, experts say Live Science Source link
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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts. You may like By measuring the …
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In the sweltering heart of the Taklimakan Desert, China has begun sinking a borehole more than 11,000 meters deep into the Earth’s crust — a feat that could reshape how we understand the planet’s interior. The project, launched in May 2024, is one of the most ambitious scientific drilling efforts ever attempted, rivaling the legendary Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia. …
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With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth’s atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information about how these space rocks disintegrate. Asteroid 2023 CX1 briefly lit up the sky as it disintegrated over northwestern France at around 4:00 pm (1400 GMT) on February 13, 2023. Seven …
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The International Space Station (ISS) may never again be visited by a space plane. NASA’s space shuttle orbiters were instrumental in building the ISS, and in keeping it operational for its first decade; these reusable spacecraft ferried astronauts to and from the orbiting outpost until the fleet was fully retired in 2011. Five years later, the agency opened the door …
Read More »New Quasi-Moon Discovered Orbiting Earth, But It’s Been Around For Decades Explorersweb » Meet Earth’s new travel buddy: A tiny quasi-moon that’s been following us for decades Yahoo Astronomers Say Earth Has a Newly Discovered ‘Quasi-Moon,’ a Companion That Shares Its Orbit Around the Sun Smithsonian Magazine Confirmed by scientists—Earth has a new cosmic companion called 2025 PN7, and it could be a …
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Maybe the next song to be spliced over Aaron Glenn’s dance moves should be Sammy Davis Jr.’s hit “I’ve Gotta Be Me.” The Jets first-year head coach became an accidental viral sensation this week because of his sideline reaction to Will McDonald’s blocked field goal return for a touchdown that gave the Jets the lead against the Buccaneers with two …
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The landing spot of Russia’s Bion-M No. 2 descent module, on the steppes of the Orenburg region. | Credit: Roscosmos/Ivan Timoshenko They came from outer space: 75 mice, over 1,500 flies, cell cultures, microorganisms, plant seeds and more. A Russian biological research satellite …
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