Dino-Killing Asteroid Caused Magma to Burst From the Ocean Floor, Say Scientists
This happened around the globe, extending for tens of thousands of miles along the mid-ocean ridges.
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This happened around the globe, extending for tens of thousands of miles along the mid-ocean ridges.
It's one that could result in important applications in quantum computing and even the study of string theory. Maybe.
In other words, white people in Europe are a much newer thing than we thought.
Reports currently place the death toll at six, with at least 100 injuries and 60 people missing.
How much wear and tear will that Roadster sustain in space? (Short answer: a lot.)
It’s a cruel world out there, and animals will do just about anything to avoid being eaten.
Good news If you’re like me and spend large amounts of time marvelling at those weird, fleeting elements on the periodic table.
Relax, your cup of tea isn’t trying to kill you. Probably.
The extreme conditions inside Uranus (heh) allow a previously undiscovered type of superionic ice to form.
SpaceX made history today by launching its first Falcon Heavy—and Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster—into space, ushering in a new era for the aerospace company.
Gravitational wave detectors are going to space, folks.
The plights of pugdom are even worse than we thought.
Despite the findings, critics have pointed out that radio-frequency radiation has not been shown to cause the sort of DNA damage that can spark mutations and lead to cancer.
We tend to just assume that other galaxies have planets, but this is the first, albeit indirect, evidence that they actually exist.
Early research has suggested the drug delivered by the spray might be as potent as morphine injected under the skin.
Meet J0815+4729, a 13.5 billion-year-old star.
