Placentas are full of secrets. These researchers want to unlock them.
The Human Placenta Project helps fund new research methods for studying placenta health and related diseases like preeclampsia.
The Human Placenta Project helps fund new research methods for studying placenta health and related diseases like preeclampsia.
From fairy inkcaps to netted stinkhorns, a biodiversity survey identifies more than 200 species of fungi on island of Mo’orea.
An autonomous vehicle called ECHO is monitoring Emperor penguin colonies to assess the impacts of climate change on Antarctic’s ecosystems.
A collision between two neutron stars is shooting out mysterious X-rays—and astronomers are getting closer to pinning down the source.
Researchers found that bacteria in biofilms can create these “tree rings” using a process thought to only be used by plants and animals.
The BepiColombo spacecraft, on a joint European and Japanese mission, is on its way to study Mercury, but swung by Venus during a rare double flyby.
After a journey lasting seven months, the Perseverance rover touched down on the surface of Mars last week. And in its first few days, it’s already sent us Earthlings some detailed images of the red world.
Late last week, China’s uncrewed Tianwen-1 spacecraft sent its first postcard back to Earth: a black-and-white image of the surface of Mars. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released the photo last Friday and has since confirmed that the craft entered Mars orbit on February 10th.
Thunderstorms certainly treat surface-dwellers to light shows, but there’s also plenty of activity we don’t see here on the ground. Exhibit A: This photo of a projection of “blue lightning” out into space from the thunderclouds above the small Pacific island Nauru in February 2019.
A lunar rainbow is a hard-to-see phenomenon in which sunlight reflecting off the moon is filtered through water droplets in the air.