Freaky Theory Offers Totally New Explanation of the Moon’s Origin
A favourite pastime of astronomers is to debate the origin of Earth’s Moon, but despite decades of research, they don’t seem to be any closer to reaching a consensus.
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A favourite pastime of astronomers is to debate the origin of Earth’s Moon, but despite decades of research, they don’t seem to be any closer to reaching a consensus.
For now, we can only guess what a planet with true polar wander would look like.
A recently discovered flare could spell trouble for any hope for life on Proxima Centauri's exoplanet, Proxima b.
Imagine a bunch of people huddled under an awning, except the people are atoms, and the awning is... also an atom.
Injecting his penis with stem cells is just one of the ways Ben Greenfield is combating the perils of modern life.
This icy moon, perhaps more than any other place in our Solar System aside from Earth, has the potential to sustain life at this particular stage in our Solar System’s history.
Are there planets out there that could, plausibly, harbour vast quarries of Vibranium-like materials? And if not, how far along are we in inventing those materials?
USAF bigwigs predict we'll all be fighting in space a lot sooner than you may think.
Genomic analysis shows that interbreeding and hybridisation was an important aspect of elephant evolution.
Ironically, the facility designed to safeguard seeds in the event of climate change is being threatened by climate change.
Researchers found that a variant on the 15th chromosome seems to result in an increased risk of opioid addiction.
Although South Asians account for nearly a quarter of the global population, only 1 per cent of the genetic data we have comes from South Asian people.
The question these researchers hope to answer is one possibly every space and science fiction fan has asked.
Following a string of allegations, multiple organisations have cancelled events featuring Krauss and dis-invited him from others.
T. rubrum just isn’t getting any, and doesn't particularly need to.
Cassini may be dead, but we’re still learning plenty from its historic mission.
