A localized dust storm on Mars may have played a key role in driving water into the planet’s upper atmosphere, offering fresh clues to how the Red Planet lost much of its water over billions…
Is there life adrift in the clouds of…
[caption id="attachment_14886" align="alignnone" width="700"] A composite image of the planet Venus as seen by the Japanese probe Akatsuki. The clouds of Venus could have environmental conditions conducive to microbial life. IMAGE FROM THE AKATSUKI ORBITER,…
Inherent Feminizing Effect of Germ Cells: New Insights…
A Nagoya University-led study shows for the first time germ cells have an inherent property to feminize the body in teleost fish, medaka. [caption id="attachment_14879" align="alignnone" width="1280"] The pink circles represent germ cells (the common…
Egg Island, Bahamas
[caption id="attachment_14876" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018), processed by ESA[/caption] When it comes to eggs, most of us are probably thinking of the chocolate variety that we hope will pass our…
Spotted in space
[caption id="attachment_14873" align="alignnone" width="814"] Credit: Fraunhofer FHR. Used by permission[/caption] In the next few days, an unoccupied Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to reenter the atmosphere following the end of its operational life. Most…