It's a long road to the edge of the observable universe. From its construction, the path to the launchpad, and the journey to its orbit around Lagrange point 2 (L2), the James Webb Space Telescope i… [+3782 chars]
Using data from ESA's Gaia mission, astronomers have shown that a part of the Milky Way known as the 'thick disc' began forming 13 billion years ago, around 2 billion years earlier than expected, and… [+7663 chars]
Sydney, March 23 A piece of DNA, previously considered as 'junk' material by scientists, could be the key to extinguishing fear-related memories for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD… [+2550 chars]
For decades, scientists have chased the dream of quantum computing, which would transform information processing. An accompanying dream is long-distance quantum telecommunication, which would allow d… [+2937 chars]