In April of 2019, the international astronomical consortium known as the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) made headlines worldwide when it announced the first-ever image of a black hole. Specifically, t… [+2682 chars]
Researchers have advanced a new theory that can potentially solve a long standing mystery about the Solar System, that is how did the gas giants of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune assume their cu… [+5068 chars]
We live in a world made and run by RNA, the equally important sibling of the genetic molecule DNA. In fact, evolutionary biologists hypothesize that RNA existed and self-replicated even before the ap… [+7897 chars]
There's an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn't develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike our reptilian ancestors, we humans might be able to save… [+5077 chars]
A cross-disciplinary University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) team has demonstrated a major breakthrough in using automated synthesis to discover new molecules for organic electronics applic… [+8156 chars]
The secret to what drives powerful solar flares is literally in the palm of your hand. Astronomers have discovered that one of the most important magnetic effect at work on the sun is the same one … [+3421 chars]
European Space Agency Matthias Maurer shows how to get ready for bed. His sleeping quarters are just ... [+] over his head. Matthias Maurer/ESA As any homeowner would tell you, water is not your fr… [+1680 chars]
by German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig With the extinction of large, non-flying dinosaurs 66 million years ago, large herbivores were missing on Earth for th… [+3658 chars]
Saturn's moon Titan has some surprising similarities to Earth. It has rivers, lakes, seas, and rainstorms, though these are composed of liquid methane rather than water. Now, a new study from resea… [+2387 chars]
SpaceX set another new record with its latest crewed launch to the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew-4 mission, which launched to the ISS on Wednesday, April 27, was the fastest Crew Drago… [+2349 chars]
In March 2020, just a few days before the lockdowns in response to the Covid-19 pandemic were instituted in Argentina, a team of paleontologists led by the National Council for Scientific and Technic… [+3095 chars]
Millions of monarch butterflies migrate each fall to a specific cluster of mountain peaks in central Mexico. How exactly they navigate to their winter home, and the way they choose their path, is a t… [+3114 chars]
