George Dvorsky's posts

NASA released a stunning photo of yesterday’s historic landing, showing the Perseverance rover being lowered to the…

Elizabeth Ann is the first clone of a black-footed ferret, but more importantly, she’s the first endangered species…

All six wheels of NASA’s Perseverance are firmly and safely on the Martian surface, following a successful landing…

Springhares are cute as can be, but their fur looks kind of dull under normal conditions. When cast under UV light,…

After a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, the Perseverance rover is finally ready to touch down on Mars. We’ve…

For the first time ever, geologists have used an aerial drone to map the interior of a giant blowout crater, the…

The forensic analysis of a 3,600-year-old mummy is providing fascinating new insights into a pivotal Egyptian…

Scientists have captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of DNA, revealing previously unseen twisting and…

Failure could take on many forms next week when NASA’s next-gen rover, Perseverance, reaches the surface of the Red…

Archaeologists in Britain have discovered the site of a former stone circle in west Wales, which they believe was…

A small-scale nuclear reactor at a government neutron research facility was shut down last week after it began to…

For the first time ever, scientists have spotted hydrogen chloride on Mars. The source of this colorless gas remains…

An analysis of coelacanth DNA suggests its genome has experienced some significant changes in recent evolutionary…

Mars is about to receive its next visitor from Earth—the Mars Hope probe. It has the makings of a historic day, as…

An observatory in northern Chile has captured a stunning view of Messier 83, also known as the Spiral of the…

European-crafted glass beads found at three different indigenous sites in northern Alaska date back to the…

The latest satellite imagery suggests iceberg A68a is in its death throes, as the once-colossal iceberg has…

Archaeologists investigating burial shafts near Alexandria, Egypt have discovered over a dozen interred individuals,…

The explosive crash of a SpaceX prototype Starship rocket this week has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration…

The discovery of a hardened mud carapace wrapped around a 3,200-year-old mummy has brought a previously unknown…