Medium‑sized black holes are extremely hard to detect, but new research has suggested that some may be located at the center of dense star clusters that are situated throughout the universe. Galaxy … [+4282 chars]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Charlie Duke is part of a tiny fraternity thats getting even smaller: People who walked on the moon. Duke, 86, visited his Apollo 16 spaceship on Wednesday at the U.S. Space a… [+1845 chars]
Of the thousands of exoplanets we’ve discovered, most of them closely orbit red dwarf stars. Part of this is because planets with short orbital periods are easier to find, but part of this is that re… [+3274 chars]
32 years! Thats how much time has been spent by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to discover new galaxies, mesmerizing moments of stars, planets, and a lot more. Yes, it is the birthday of the Hubble Sp… [+2255 chars]
On April 18, NASA decided to move forward with plans to complete the deployment of the Lucy spacecraft's stalled, unlatched solar array. The spacecraft is powered by two large arrays of solar cells t… [+2525 chars]
MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus to simple organic compounds called alkenes.Their reac… [+4612 chars]
Even more information can be gained from those pterosaur feathers. The study indicates they were fairly small, meaning that they weren't used to help the animal fly. Instead, the feathers could have … [+1242 chars]
A hand-held laser pointer produces no noticeable recoil forces when it is "fired"even though it emits a directed stream of light particles. The reason for this is its very large mass compared to the … [+4063 chars]
In their new research, a team of researchers from Stanford University have said that on one of Jupiter’s moons Europa, a prime candidate for life in the solar system, there might be an abundance of w… [+3261 chars]
On February 18, 2021, NASAs Perseverance (Percy) Rover successfully landed in the dried-up lakebed known as Jezero Crater on Mars, beaming back images and video of its descent and landing to millions… [+5777 chars]
The U-shaped relationship between diet and size in modern land mammals could also stand for universal, says a new study, which has found that the relationship spans at least 66 million years and a ra… [+7352 chars]
Explosion animation artists concept. Researchers from Skoltech, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Howard University, the University of Chicago, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Sol… [+3717 chars]