A team of scientists has identified that Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth. The findings of the research were published in the journal, 'Nat… [+2759 chars]
An exoplanet a whopping 17,000 light-years from Earth has been found hiding in data collected by the now-retired Kepler Space Telescope. It's the most distant world ever picked up by the planet-hunt… [+5091 chars]
A USC Dornsife scholar of physics and astronomy answers questions about Pluto and other dwarf planets. These celestial bodies in our Solar System are cold, dark, far away and full of surprises.Curiou… [+6012 chars]
Newswise — BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the beginning, the world was empty and cold. Prior to the Big Bang — yes, before the Big Bang — the universe underwent a breathtaking cosmic expansion, doubling in size… [+11033 chars]
For the first time, researchers have spotted short-term, regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from human activities. Using a combination of NAS… [+6598 chars]
Roy Caldwell, a behavioral ecologist at the University of California, Berkeley, first met Octopus chierchiae, also called the lesser Pacific striped octopus, in the mid-1970s in Panama. He was pullin… [+1912 chars]
The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will study Jupiter and its icy moons. Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Jupiter: NASA/ESA/J. Nichols (University of Leicester); Ganymede: N… [+3328 chars]
In recent years, researchers have begun to explore the vast assemblage of microbes on and within the human body. These include protists, archaea, fungi, viruses and vast numbers of bacteria living in… [+7455 chars]
When pathogens invade a human host, they need maximum ability to move through the body as they navigate adverse environments and cause infection. Their ability to drill themselves through gel-like su… [+5238 chars]
Researchers now claim that it is not a single ice volcano, but several ice volcanoes merging together. The researchers rely on a comprehensive analysis of images and topographic data. The discovery h… [+2821 chars]
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Do you know that there are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe or so and with the improved telescope technology in space, the number is likely to increase to about 200 billion! It is an… [+3023 chars]
