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OCT 23, 2023

Space & Astronomy

Moon's Birthdate Pushed Back: Apollo Mission Dust Crystals Hold...

A recent study published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters examines how the official birthdate of the Earth’s Moon could be pushed back by approxim

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 05, 2023

Space & Astronomy

Icy Moon Radar Properties Explained with New Model

Icy satellites have become a hot topic for astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth due to their interior oceans. But what else makes them stand o

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 05, 2024

Space & Astronomy

Navigation Doppler Lidar: Revolutionizing Lunar Landing

Landing on planetary bodies is both risky and hard, and landing humans is even riskier and harder. This is why technology needs to be developed to mitigate

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2024

Space & Astronomy

Complex Ring System Around Young Star Resembles Early Solar System...

How did our solar system form and is this process similar in other solar systems throughout the universe? This is what a study published today in Astronomy

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 21, 2023

Space & Astronomy

NASA Webb Identifies Thin Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet

NASA recently used its James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to identify a thin atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 c, which is a rocky exoplanet approximately 40 light-y

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 16, 2023

Space & Astronomy

Mapping Lunar Water: The High-Tech Instruments of NASA's Lunar...

In the ongoing search for water ice on the Moon, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission hopes to advance lunar exploration as the agency’s Artemis mi

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 24, 2023

Space & Astronomy

Pluto Demoted Day: Why Pluto Isn't a Planet Anymore

Today is officially designated as Pluto Demoted Day, which commemorates when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted on August 24, 2006 to rewrite

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 27, 2023

Earth & The Environment

Ancient Plate Tectonics May Have Helped Life Emerge on Earth

The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. The continents sit on continental crust, which covers about 41 percent of the surface of the Earth; the rema

Written by: Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2021

Chemistry & Physics

New Study Suggests One-third of Binary Stars Have Engulfed Their...

While our solar system is relatively calm and inert, some sun-like stars out there will literally eat the planets in their orbit. In a new study in Nature

Written by: Hannah Daniel
NOV 09, 2021

Space & Astronomy

10 Facts You May Not Know About Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan was born November 9, 1934, 87 years ago today. He would go on to become one of the most influential voices in astronomy, earning 22 honorary deg

Written by: Hannah Daniel
MAR 21, 2021

Genetics & Genomics

Adding Evidence to the RNA World Hypothesis

Did life originate with RNA? Scientists are still trying to learn more about how life orignated on our planet, and how molecules in the 'primordial sou

Written by: Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2022

Space & Astronomy

NASA Rocket to Discover the Key to Life on Earth

A rocket carrying NASA’s Endurance Mission launched successfully on May 10, 2022 from Andøya Space’s Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Launch F

Written by: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
APR 20, 2021

Clinical & Molecular DX

Stressed Out Pregnant Mothers More Likely to Have Girls

Scientists from the University of Granada used hair samples to monitor cortisol in a cohort of over 100 pregnant women and made a fascinating discovery

Written by: Tara Fernandes
AUG 03, 2020

Cell & Molecular Biology

Research Shows That Sperm Don't Wriggle, They Roll

Researchers have upended the traditional view of how sperm move. Their work has shown that the lashing movement of the sperm tail as it seems to swim throu

Written by: Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016

Space & Astronomy

Researchers Recreate Sun's Coronal Loops in the Lab

Many people who think of the Sun quickly imagine a ball of fire in space, but the Sun isn’t fire at all. It’s a glowing ball of nuclear fusion,

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2016

Cell & Molecular Biology

Introducing mScarlet - a Bright Red Fluorescent Protein

Scientists that study molecules in cells use a common tool to spotlight the proteins they are interested in - they mark stuff in the cell with tags that li

Written by: Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2017

Plants & Animals

Poachers Kill White Rhino in French Zoo

While it’s typical of illegal hunters to find their victims in the wild, four-year-old white Rhino named Vince from Toiry Zoo in France was reportedl

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017

Space & Astronomy

Why Does Ceres Only Have One Ice Volcano?

Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vents for Earth’s underground net

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2017

Space & Astronomy

Ceres' Temporary Atmosphere Might be Caused by Solar Activity

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, which means it's not particularly difficult to observe. Even more convenient is that it’s not v

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2024

Space & Astronomy

Farside Seismic Suite: Probing the Moon's Deep Structure

What causes quakes on the Moon, also called moonquakes, and what can they teach us about quakes on other worlds? This is what NASA’s Farside Seismic

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 16, 2024

Space & Astronomy

The Future of Lunar Resource Extraction: Teleoperation and Simulation

How will future missions to the Moon help extract valuable resources that can be used for scientific research or lunar settlement infrastructure? This is w

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 21, 2024

Space & Astronomy

Tracking Muscle Health in Space: A Breakthrough with Handheld...

As astronauts lose muscle mass due to the microgravity environment in space, could there be a way to monitor it so they can take necessary steps to prevent

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 29, 2023

Space & Astronomy

Innovation in Space Propulsion: NASA's 3D-Printed RDRE

In the ongoing effort for developing more efficient and cost-effective spacecraft engines, NASA recently performed a successful 251-second (4 minutes and 1

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 18, 2022

Space & Astronomy

Supercomputer Divulges Immediate Formation of Moon

Numerous theories have evolved over the years as to how the Earth’s Moon came to be, with one early theory suggesting our Moon formed as a sister

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 21, 2025

Space & Astronomy

When and Where Aliens Could Detect Human Transmissions

What new methods can be used to detect alien technosignatures? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 21, 2019

Cannabis Sciences

Sweets or Sweat? Let Your Endocannabinoid System Decide

We all (well, I do) wish we could work out more, but when we think about going to the gym we tend to promise ourselves that "we'll do it tomorrow,

Written by: Amy Loriaux
MAR 28, 2019

Health & Medicine

A rare and potent sea fighter: An end to melanoma cells?

Melanoma is cancer that usually starts in a particular type of skin cells as melanocytes. It can be more severe than the other forms of skin cancer because

Written by: Nupur Srivastava
MAR 19, 2019

Microbiology

Combating Microbes on the International Space Station

While every effort is made to ensure that the stuff we send into space is free of Earthly contamination, microorganisms have been detected on the Internati

Written by: Carmen Leitch