Scientists have discovered that a sample brought into space from the asteroid Ryugu was rapidly colonised by terrestrial microorganisms when placed in a hermetically sealed chamber to prevent contamination.
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A scientist was examining satellite images of Australia's Nullarbor Plain when he came across something unexpected: a huge, mysterious mark etched into the arid landscape.
What kind of astronomical object is this? It doesn't look much like the kinds of galaxies, nebulas, star clusters or galaxy clusters that Hubble normally images.
A group of researchers show that the North Pacific Garbage Island is constantly increasing and that it is made with plastics from around the world.
A powerful storm in explosive cyclogenesis could be associated with a category 4-5 atmospheric river loaded with extreme humidity that could leave abundant rains and generate floods in areas of the western continental United States.
NASA satellites have detected a worrying drop in freshwater levels in recent years and scientists are trying to analyse the reasons and impacts of this significant decrease.
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station, ISS, took this photograph while orbiting over North Africa and observed some rare structures known in Morocco.
The forever chemicals, or PFAS, are present in rainwater, a scientific study in Miami shows. These compounds influence people's health and impact marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
By analysing tree rings, scientists have found that a past Chinese dynasty collapsed due to a prolonged megadrought and not something else as previously believed.
As the climate warms, vegetation in far northern forests is changing as more trees and shrubs appear, according to new NASA research.
The Sahara Desert can be thought of as a vast expanse of barren sand, an extreme environment for plants and animals to thrive. But in fact, vegetation growth in the desert has waxed and waned over millennia, with periods of increased growth referred to as “green-up.”
Scientists have found that past Arctic ice melt has generated inflows of freshwater into the North Atlantic, which in turn have impacted global ocean circulation patterns.
An international team of astronomers has used the James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the distant and mysterious star cluster.
A group of Spanish scientists has indicated that artificial wetlands can reduce the effects of agricultural waste, which can be exported to areas such as Doñana or the Mar Menor, as they also promote carbon capture and soil formation.
Atmospheric rivers are long and narrow tongues of water vapor, which are associated with clouds and abundant rainfall, and now it has been observed that they are moving to higher latitudes, and that is changing climate patterns around the world.
A new study highlights the importance of increased caution behind the wheel, especially on nights with a full moon, when the road is theoretically better visible than on dark, moonless nights. Why?
In a new study, the research team looked at whether consumers who buy and drive such vehicles have a smaller carbon footprint than other consumers who continue to drive gasoline-powered vehicles. The results are surprising.
NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale Crater on Mars, is providing new details of how life on the planet could not have developed as we know it on Earth.
Scientists are observing and analyzing the consequences of the increase in "good" stratospheric ozone over much of 2024 in the Arctic, and are looking for reasons and trends for this increase in the future.
Atmospheric rivers are conveyor belts for high concentrations of water vapor/humidity and are precursors of potential floods when they reach land. A very intense and long-lasting river has recently developed.