A low-res version of the high resolution image of the Sun from Solar Orbiter.ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI team; Data processing: E. Kraaikamp (ROB) A few weeks ago I wrote about a ground-breakin… [+7467 chars]
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The European Organization for Nuclear Research known by its French acronym, CERN is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Located just outside of Geneva, Switzerland, it was establish… [+7206 chars]
Stanford University researchers have developed a key experimental device for future quantum physics-based technologies that borrows a page from current, everyday mechanical devices. Reliable, compac… [+8335 chars]
In a recent study published in Science, four RIKEN organic chemists have come up with a way to selectively synthesize isomers of an important group of aromatic compounds. This promises to make it pos… [+3003 chars]
Uranus, the ice giant, is certainly the strangest planet in the solar system, with more than a dozen rings that circle around it and as many as 27 moons encircle it! Its atmosphere, which is full of … [+2123 chars]
When Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon on July 21, 1969, I wasnt even born. Ive heard stories about how the world held its breath a long, excruciating inhale while they watched on TV as the Eagle l… [+6432 chars]
Big bodies and big brains have helped crows and ravens survive in a variety of climates and habitats all over the world, new research finds. Crows and ravens, well known for their black color and th… [+3885 chars]
Monash University, University of Queensland and Australian National University researchers have used ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron in their study of meteorites found on Earth that could be used in f… [+4622 chars]
Juno, NASA's most distant planetary orbiter, has captured a spectacular view of Jupiter during its 40th close pass by the gas giant on February 25, 2022. The JunoCam imager on the spacecraft capture… [+1431 chars]
The discovery of a new type of stellar explosion called a "micronova" has shook astronauts. The explosion was noted through thermonuclear blasts that were discovered on the polar regions of a white d… [+3655 chars]
Stanford University researchers have developed a key experimental device for future quantum physics-based technologies that borrows a page from current, everyday mechanical devices. Reliable, compac… [+8335 chars]