It was a good week for physics research as work by two teams of theorists working independently may have solved Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox. The first demonstrated that black holes are more … [+2340 chars]
Bonnie J. Dunbar had bruises on the back of her arms after wiggling into the hard upper torso of the NASA suit used for spacewalks.And once inside, the suit never fit right. The sleeves were too big,… [+8481 chars]
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being able… [+7458 chars]
A research team led by Prof. Liu Baozhong from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) revealed that cytoskeletal molecules (actomyosin) play a key role in the early sh… [+2392 chars]
Astronomers spend their careers looking up at the sky, away from Earth, but now some stargazers say their field has to grapple with the fact that observing the cosmos is contributing to their home pl… [+5322 chars]
Introducing self-evolving RNA created by scientists at the University of Tokyo. It offers insights into how simple biological molecules can lead to the emergence of complex lifelike systems. This se… [+2450 chars]
A team of researchers led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed the distribution and mercury degradation capacities … [+4797 chars]
Our solar system was shaped by massive collisions between rocky bodies. Observations of a similar accident provide information about how common such crashes occur near other stars. This illustration… [+4876 chars]
Following a historic launch in December 2021 and an incredible arrival at Lagrange Point 2 (L2) in January, James Webb Space Telescope teams have been hard at work preparing the telescope for its fir… [+6559 chars]
Astronomers have been facing a big problem in cosmology the study of the formation and behavior of the Universe itself for a while now. Literally the biggest: Where do the most supermassive black h… [+6760 chars]
Russia has been the target of extensive economic sanctions in the weeks since its invasion of Ukraine, but Moscow’s space program has been largely unaffected until now. The European Space Agency (ESA… [+2427 chars]
China’s Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover touched down on the Martian plain Utopia Planitia on May 14, 2021 after spending about three months orbiting the Red Planet. While the Chinese Space Agency … [+3227 chars]
