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In the coming years, NASA plans to test x-ray technology aboard the ISS as a way of creating more robust communication systems. The post X-rays Might be a Better Way to Communicate in Space appeared first on Universe Today ....

Artificial intelligence experts, ethicists and diplomats debated autonomous weapons. Christopher Intagliata reports....

It's possible that the universe isn't uniform past what we can see, and conditions are wildly different from place to place, says Caltech astrophysicist Sean Carroll. "That possibility is the cosmological multiverse. We don't know if there...

Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week....

A place on the far side of the moon and a Neptunian moon get new names, Earth's "crown" is larger than previously thought and a Japanese mission spots streaks across Venus. These are just some of the top stories this week from Space.com....

Why does Earth have an atmosphere, and what keeps it in place?...

Cracks are snaking across the Brunt Ice Shelf on the northern coast of Antarctica and could soon release an iceberg about twice the size of New York City....

Generosity helps communities cope with risks and disasters; new research untangles the factors involved...

Nick Hague and Christina Koch are a little busy: In just three weeks, the NASA astronauts and their Russian counterpart will climb into a Soyuz capsule, blast off from a launch pad in Kazakhstan and make their way to the International Space Station for a ...

Astronauts may struggle in solving problems and thinking creatively during long space missions, a preliminary study of an analog environment suggests. The results may be useful when humans run missions to Mars....

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that just launched an Israeli moon lander will make some more history soon, if all goes according to plan....

Once again, it is time to seek out what has often been called the most difficult of the five brightest naked-eye planets to see: Mercury....

New technology promises an end to motorists' 'range anxiety.'...

The mission team called it a "stretch goal" just before closest approach, precisely point the cameras on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to snap the sharpest possible pics of the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, its New Year's fly...

NASA's Curiosity rover is busy making new discoveries on Mars. The rover has been climbing Mount Sharp since 2014 and recently reached a clay region that may offer new clues about the ancient Martian environment's potential to support life....

When NFL player Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice, the ensuing debate took traditional and social media by storm. University of Kansas researchers have found that tweets both in suppor...

NASA on Friday gave SpaceX the green light to test a new crew capsule by first sending an unmanned craft with a life-sized mannequin to the International Space Station....

Wolves have returned to Germany. The animals seems to be spreading by moving between military training grounds, preferring these to protected natural areas...

The original hypothesis was that humans developed the red meat allergy after being exposed to the alpha-gal protein through a tick that had fed previously on a small mammal. But new data suggests ticks can induce this immune response without requiring the...

Children exclusively breastfed for the first three months of life had significantly lower odds of having eczema at age 6 compared with peers who were not breastfed or were breastfed for less time, according to preliminary research presented during the Ame...

After completing up to four years of egg oral immunotherapy (eOIT) treatment, certain participants were able to safely incorporate egg into their diet for five years. This new research was presented by the study's first author, Edwin Kim, MD, at the a...

NASA and SpaceX have cleared the first Crew Dragon spacecraft for an uncrewed test flight on March 2....

WFIRST ain't your grandma's space telescope. Despite having the same size mirror as the surprisingly reliable Hubble Space Telescope, clocking in at 2.4 meters across, this puppy will pack a punch with a gigantic 300 megapixel camera, enabling it ...

NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars went into safe mode last weekend after an error booting up on Feb. 15, but the rover is communicating normally and should be able to resume science operations soon, according to a statement from the agency....

NASA managers have given their approval for SpaceX to proceed with an uncrewed test flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft on March 2. SpaceNews.com...

By law, every commercially grown almond sold in the U.S. must be steam-treated or chemically fumigated. Who knew?...

Folk belief holds that if you have won one Oscar, your odds of ever winning a second are greatly diminished by the dreaded "Oscar Jinx"...

Many real-world complex systems include macroscopic subsystems which influence one another. This arises, for example, in competing or mutually reinforcing neural populations in the brain, spreading dynamics of viruses, and elsewhere. It is therefore impor...

Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely dictated by growth factor molecules, which bind to receptors on the cells. For example, growth factors tell the cells to divide, move, and when to die—a proces...

The best-ever photos of Ultima Thule have made it down to Earth, and they heighten the intrigue about the frigid and faraway world....

The good thing about the short Antarctic summer is it's a lot like a Midwest winter....

A new multi-city art exhibition called...

Moons have the coolest names, don't they? Proteus, Titan, and Callisto. Phobos, Deimos, and Encephalitis. But not Io. That's a stupid name for a moon. There's only two ways to pronounce it and we still get it wrong. Anyway, now we have another...

Researchers have found that liquid has structure in certain circumstances, and that this structure significantly influences the mysterious and complex formation of metallic glasses....

The Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down on asteroid Ryugu and attempted to gather a sample of its rock to bring back to Earth....

Israel's newly launched Beresheet lunar lander has established communications with its handlers and deployed its legs, mission team members said....

Mold flourishes in damp and warm places. When air humidity is high and your home is warm, mold growth is likely to happen both indoors and outdoors. So what happens during winter when the air is dry and it gets freezing cold? Does mold die in the winter o...

A citizen scientist recently discovered a white dwarf star that has multiple dust rings, a finding which could force a rethink of how planetary systems evolve. The post The Oldest and Coldest White Dwarf Ever Found has Bizarre Dust Rings Around it appeare...

The digestive tract is one of the most important systems in the human body. It is responsible for transferring nutrients from the food you eat to your cells. Due to its unique role, it has a great impact on other organ systems as well. A compromised abili...

Researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength of a metal, resulting in a tougher material that could be incorporated into soft robotics, packaging materials or next-generation textiles....

With average precipitation of 35 inches per four-month season over an area encompassing most of the Indian subcontinent, the South Asia summer monsoon is intense, only partly understood, and notoriously difficult to predict. Until now....

Removing carbon dioxide from power plant emissions is a good idea to start with -- and it may have an extra economic benefit. Engineers are presenting results on turning carbon dioxide into oxalic acid, which is used to process rare earth elements for ele...

This lovely little home was built for a woman who wants to be closer to her loved ones, without losing her autonomy....

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength of a metal, resulting in a tougher material that could be incorporated into soft robotics, packaging materials or next-generation t...

The first test passenger has gone to the edge of space aboard Virgin Galactic's Unity space plane, a key milestone in the firm's quest to send paying customers to space...

A news report Friday said many smartphone apps were sending highly personal information such as menstrual cycles and body weight to Facebook, without notifying users....

A new handheld tool lets scientists diagnose the chemical reaction behind "art acne"—and learn how it can be prevented...

Researchers probed a special kind of magnet containing atoms arranged in a pattern called a kagome lattice, which takes its name from a Japanese basket. They found that electrons in this material exhibit exotic behaviors that could be exploited for futuri...

One third of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases in Finland are caused by one of the four major mutations, a new study shows. Overall, 40 percent of patients carried a specific or a likely mutation causing the disease, and 20 percent were carriers of a rare...

Taking their name from an intricate Japanese basket pattern, kagome magnets are thought to have electronic properties that could be valuable for future quantum devices and applications. Theories predict that some electrons in these materials have exotic, ...