The exoplanet, discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope, officially designated K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb. (Image credit: D. Specht et al, Kepler K2 ) NASA's Kepler space telescope has spotted a Jupiter … [+4438 chars]
In his adolescent dreams as a student at Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Brian Welch fantasized about a pie-in-the-sky career as a star tight end with the Chicago Bears. Instead, the 27-year-… [+4642 chars]
It’s strange how much we don’t know about the creatures we share the planet with, isn’t it? Every day, researchers are surprised by something or another, and recently, researchers realized that an an… [+2984 chars]
Without the ocean, the climate crisis would be even worse than it is. Each year, the ocean absorbs billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere, preventing warming that greenhouse gas would otherwi… [+5245 chars]
While much is known about the evolution of the brains of modern-day mammals, it has been unclear until now how they developed in the first few million years following the mass extinction. It had bee… [+1946 chars]
