White dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the Sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their fuel. These interstellar remnants have historically been difficult to study. However, a recent stu… [+2474 chars]
A few short decades ago, we could only speculate about the possibility of planets beyond our own solar system, but then we started finding them. Little by little, the universe has become a bustling p… [+2540 chars]
For life to survive, it needs to respond to challenges, particularly by adapting the activity of its immune system. As we have seen with Covid, outside infectious agents are constantly trying to gain… [+4735 chars]
The Greenheugh pediment is an interesting plain in the Gale Crater on Mars. Orbital observations have revealed some pretty cool-looking terrains, which NASAs Curiosity rover has been slowly investiga… [+1563 chars]
The sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope are so sensitive that while focusing on a single star to align the observatory’s mirror segments, many galaxies are seen in the background. Credit: N… [+2588 chars]
The Perseverance rover appears to be carrying an uninvited passenger in the form of a boulder lodged in one of its wheels. The photograph of the stone was just chosen as the Perseverance missions Ima… [+3313 chars]
The Bohr model, introduced by Danish physicist Niels Bohr in 1913, was a key step on the journey to understand atoms. Ancient Greek thinkers already believed that matter was composed of tiny basic p… [+7695 chars]
A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid is on its way to come near Earth. The asteroid isn't exactly small. It is comparable to Empire State Building. If this asteroid hits the Earth, it packs more than e… [+1247 chars]
Reseachers have analysed samples of NdBi crystals which display interesting magnetic properties. In their experiments including measurements at BESSY II they could find evidence for so called Fermi a… [+1629 chars]
Newswise — Biologists and physicists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have teamed up to create new opportunities for cancer treatment using laser-generated proton beams. The o… [+10423 chars]
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Mars is a busy place these days. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Chinese space agency both have heavy scientific activity going on and around the red planet. Though both agen… [+1208 chars]
