image: Circadian rhythms of the phosphorylation cycle (red circle with P indicating the phosphor transfer) and the ATP hydrolysis cycle (blue circle with ATP and ADP indicating the conversion of Aden… [+4862 chars]
About every 15 years, the RS Ophiuchi star system goes nova. Suddenly it becomes much brighter, as plasma is thrown out of the system at high speed. Knowing its regular behavior and thanks to two qui… [+2208 chars]
Excess nitrogen is an issue in some places, but lack of the element is also an issue elsewhere, research shows. Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion has focused on the negative effect… [+5328 chars]
For all their death-defying abilities, one thing that tardigrades are pretty rubbish at is walking long distances, though new research suggests that the podgy little moss piglets may be able to overc… [+3316 chars]
The U.S. Space Command announced this week that it determined a 2014 meteor hit that hit Earth was from outside the solar system. The meteor streaked across the sky off the coast of Manus Island, Pap… [+3802 chars]
Excess nitrogen is an issue in some places, but lack of the element is also an issue elsewhere, research shows. Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion has focused on the negative effect… [+5328 chars]
200 supernova found by six mates enabling discoveries about the evolution of stars and the ingredients of life. Ex-miner from Broken Hill discovers a massive electrical storm on Saturn and guides NA… [+2877 chars]
The contraption known as the Antikythera mechanism, often dubbed the worlds first computer, was first turned on on 22 December 178 BC, claims a study published in preprint online journal arXiv. An el… [+5255 chars]
The Butterfly Nebula has been captured in an awe-inspiring image taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The nebula is officially known as W… [+3062 chars]
The amount of heat and moisture that atmospheric rivers transport is higher than it would be without global warming, Dr. Clem said. So the air mass that slams into Antarctica is much, much warmer. An… [+1606 chars]
<ul><li>The average Lyrid shower produces 15 to 20 meteors per hour.</li><li>The Lyrids have been observed for more than 2,700 years.</li><li>The meteors appear to emanate from the constellation Lyra… [+2235 chars]
Virtual travel to space is possible! Thanks to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which did it through what it calls the holoport. NASA virtually teleported a doctor hundreds o… [+2386 chars]
