In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In addition to the information about the universe gleaned from the sample ...

relieving the downward pull force.” The Implications of the phenomenon As per researchers, a redistribution of stress within the Earth’s crust occurs when the plates break apart, thus ...

However, designing a CR to achieve miniaturization, variable length and compliant driving force remains a challenge. Here, inspired by the earthworm in nature, we report a length-variable bionic CR ...

The man, whom authorities have not identified, became the fifth person to die in the New Year's Eve incident at a Honolulu home, a spokesperson with the Honolulu Police Department confirmed to CBS ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Tuesday at the corner of 5th Ave. and 8th St., according to dispatchers at Cabell County 911. Huntington Police, Fire and Cabell County EMS all responded to ...

The degree of elongation, known as eccentricity, is measured on a scale of 0 (for a perfect circle) to 1 (a hyperbola). Earth's orbital eccentricity is 0.017; Mars' is 0.055, and Mercury's is 0.206.

A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in December of 2032 ... is rated three on the Torino risk scale, which indicates a close encounter that ...

Astronomers have just uncovered an intriguing planet not far from us in cosmic terms. It’s a super-Earth, orbiting a star similar to our Sun, and it might have the conditions necessary to support life ...

A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to ... These quantum particles, called photons, exert a tiny bit of force when they encounter objects in space.