Scientists have unravelled the science behind the jets of plasma - the fourth state of matter consisting of electrically charged particles that occur just about everywhere in the sun's chromosphere, … [+4823 chars]
Pack hunting spiders exist in places other than your nightmares. While most spiders enjoy solitary lives, 20 of the roughly 50,000 known spider species live in colonies. One species, Anelosimus eximi… [+3229 chars]
On the big screen, in video games and in our imaginations, lightsabers flare and catch when they clash together. In reality, as in a laser light show, the beams of light go through each other, creati… [+2424 chars]
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. To combat its potentially catastrophic effects, scientists are searching for new technologies that could help the world reach ca… [+4580 chars]
A harsh sun shines down through a cloudless sky, across a vast and unforgiving landscape. It's covered in gray rock, giant ice sculptures and expansive fields of spiky, yellow and orange bushes. In t… [+7331 chars]
Targeting Wednesday, March 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of 48 Starlink satellites to orbit from SLC-40 in Florida https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 7, 2022 (SocialLY brings you all the late… [+475 chars]
Two sets of giant bubbles that extend thousands of light-years above and below the plane of the Milky Way could have been produced by the same event, in spite of their significant difference in size.… [+5352 chars]
Astronomers may have detected a "sonic boom" from a powerful blast known as a kilonova. This event was seen in GW170817, a merger of two neutron stars and the first object detected in both gravitatio… [+5571 chars]
A harsh sun shines down through a cloudless sky, across a vast and unforgiving landscape. It's covered in gray rock, giant ice sculptures and expansive fields of spiky, yellow and orange bushes. In t… [+7331 chars]
Global weather fluctuations called El Niño events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study shows. El Niñothe unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Oceanaff… [+2313 chars]
A rubber duck. A spinning top. A pair of pancakes. These are just a few of the shapes astronomers have observed across the solar system. While planets and some moons are almost perfectly spherical, … [+3288 chars]
Each of our cells contains about 40 million proteins that together perform all the tasks the cell needs to survive. For a smooth action, the right proteins must be concentrated in specific amounts, a… [+4962 chars]
