A 'wispy' galaxy 4 billion light-years away from us features in a glorious new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Called GAMA 526784, the galaxy represents one of a set of "ultra-diffuse" galaxi… [+2036 chars]
ByUniversity of California - RiversideApril 25, 2022 A sequence of images from Solar Dynamic Observatory in 171 angstroms of the Venus transit, merged together to show the path of Venus across the s… [+2201 chars]
A test mission would launch around 2025 An illustration of NASAs DART spacecraft just before it hits Dimorphos NASA Chinas space agency plans to send a spacecraft to slam into an asteroid, knocki… [+2461 chars]
81 with 52 posters participating, including story author An unfortunate byproduct of the arguments over climate change has been the publication of some truly awful books. Think tank staff members, d… [+4332 chars]
A restless sunspot threw off a double solar flare Monday (April 25), triggering some radio blackouts over Asia and Australia. The sunspot AR2993 erupted with two M1 flares in quick succession, acco… [+2539 chars]
By Doug Norrie | 2 hours ago Ever been able to see a moon crash all the way into a planet before? Me neither, but one day folks might get that very chance. Though its going to take a while. Scienti… [+2717 chars]
Apr 25 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith A lesser-known form of ozone that plays a crucial role in heating the Southern Ocean has been determined by a new study. It is known as one of the primary cooling s… [+3794 chars]
Researchers in China have described yet another freaky sex habit of spiders (as if there werent enough already): Some male spiders launch themselves at great speed off their cannibalistic female part… [+3323 chars]
That same astronomical thinking led them to patch the ancient Babylonian method of counting by 60, the sexagesimal system, onto the hour. Just as they divided the 360 degrees of a circle or the spher… [+2141 chars]
New UC Riverside research shows fungi and bacteria able to survive redwood tanoak forest megafires are microbial "cousins" that often increase in abundance after feeling the flames. Fires of unprece… [+3921 chars]
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a rare double neutron star millisecond pulsar. The newfound binary pulsar, designated PSR J13256253, consists of two neutron stars orbiti… [+3413 chars]
Research at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to create nano-sized magnetic particles using ultrafast laser light pulses. The discovery could pave the way for new and more energy-efficien… [+3209 chars]
