The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The Big Idea An analysis of the genetic material in the ocean has identified thousands of previously unknown RNA viruses and doub… [+4176 chars]
Astronomers have discovered a powerful space laser emitted from a distant galaxy. The radio wave beam is what scientists call a megamaser and this is the farthest to date, appearing 5 billion light-… [+2707 chars]
Look up at the sky before sunrise Saturday (April 9) to see a trio of planets, twin stars and the moon entering its next phase. The planets Venus, Mars and Saturn appear close together in the sou… [+2753 chars]
Look up at the sky before sunrise Saturday (April 9) to see a trio of planets, twin stars and the moon entering its next phase. The planets Venus, Mars and Saturn appear close together in the sou… [+2753 chars]
Moon’s far side looks far different than Moon’s near side. The Moon’s near side consists of the lunar mare the vast, dark-colored remnants of ancient lava flows, whereas the far side of the Moon is v… [+3066 chars]
The astronauts who will fly on the next mission to the International Space Station must love vintage nostalgia. NASA recently released a new poster to celebrate the upcoming SpaceX Crew-4 launch to… [+1826 chars]
International scientists have taken the most precise measurement of the W boson to date determining the mass of the W boson with a precision of 0.01%. The new measurement, published today in Science … [+3253 chars]
The moon obscures Jupiter in this image taken in the United States in 2004.Jimmy West Lake, The isotopic properties of the compound can be used to study its origin and evolution, and we can apply th… [+6316 chars]
The discovery of the most distant megamaser, at 5.4 billion light years provides scientists with an opportunity to learn about the evolution of galaxies. The object has been named with the isiZulu wo… [+1718 chars]
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Diagram of the biological classification system, showing phylum is a broad grouping. VectorMine/iStock via Getty Ima… [+5480 chars]
International scientists have taken the most precise measurement of the W boson to date determining the mass of the W boson with a precision of 0.01%. The new measurement, published today in Science … [+3253 chars]