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Astronauts chipped the 3.9-billion-year-old rock off of a lunar boulder back in 1972.

Scientists detect resonant hum’ permeating the universe from gravitational wave data Study authors suspect the low-frequency signal might be coming from gravitational waves, which serves an indicator of cosmic activity. Jan 22, 2021 12:09:19 IST Scientists may have, for the first time, heard the gravitational wave background or resonant hum that permeates the Universe for the very first time. North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) detected the sound. The findi...

MetService is forecasting a run of changeable weather to come, as summer makes a brief return, before a cold front sweeps through, pivoting back to hot weather next week. After a couple of days of unseasonably cool temperatures across the country, ...

A fireball, or a huge dazzling shooting star, travels across the western sky above Tokyo on the night of Jan. 20. (The Asahi Shimbun) A brilliant fireball lit up the night sky as it streaked through the western sky over Tokyo on Jan. 20 at about 8:30 p.m. and could be seen over a wide area. The meteor continued shining brightly for more than five seconds at a magnitude of minus 10, almost as bright as that of the waxing moon. Since the night skies were clear in many prefect...

Paleontologists finally have their first good look at a dinosaurs butt For the first time ever, scientists take a closer look at the dinosaurs cloaca that was used to expel waste and, potentially, attract a mate. Listen - 01:59 Heres a digital reconstruction of a Psittacosaurus dinosaur illustrating how the cloacal vent may have been used for signaling during courtship. Bob Nicholls/Paleocreations.com 2...

Although cats make it a habit of rubbing their bodies against silver vine, its long been anyones guess as to what causes this bizarre behavior. Now, researchers have found that felines rub against the plant to apply a mosquito-repelling compound onto their fur. The finding, by a team of researchers at Iwate University, Kyoto University, Nagoya University and the University of Liverpool, was published in the U.S. scientific journal Science Advances on Jan. 21. In the study, the researchers groun...

Rocket Labs first launch in 2021: Watch live as Another One Leaves the Crust The small satellite launcher is ready for its first launch of 2021, a year in which it has big plans. Listen - 01:21 A Rocket Lab Electron rocket awaits liftoff in New Zealand. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab, one of the spunkiest newcomers to the commercial space game, says its ready for its first mission of 2021. You can watch the miss...

A female eel, top, farmed under a new method, is larger than another cultured with the conventional technique. (Provided by the Aichi Fisheries Research Institute) NISHIO, Aichi Prefecture--Scientists here say a common food ingredient increases the chances of farmed eels becoming females, which are larger, softer and tastier than their more abundant male counterparts. The Aichi Fisheries Research Institute’s inland water fisheries research center said its technology will lead to a more effect...

Biden and Harris announce White House science team The presidential science adviser is being elevated to cabinet level for the first time. Listen - 01:24 Biden and Harris have chosen their team of science advisers. Biden Inaugural Committee The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris transition team has announced who will serve on the White House science team under their administration. The advisers will help Biden and...

Sexual reproduction in the insect world is often a risky business and never more so than when the risk of being eaten is high. But a new study on South African - or Springbok - praying mantids, commonly found in New Zealand after first being identified ...