Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting, help scientists track environmental degradation and play a hu… [+6961 chars]
It's not the Auroral Borealis, but it might be the closest you're going to see on Florida's Space Coast. Locals were treated to a dazzling display early on Friday, May 6, when SpaceX launched its la… [+2109 chars]
The brief, yet colossal eruption of a dead star undergoing a nova explosion has been captured by one of the most powerful X-ray instruments in space. The joint German-Russian eROSITA telescope, aboa… [+4545 chars]
The brief, yet colossal eruption of a dead star undergoing a nova explosion has been captured by one of the most powerful X-ray instruments in space. The joint German-Russian eROSITA telescope, aboa… [+4545 chars]
Scientists suspect that a “fifth force” may be at work in space. This force, which they believe is mediated by a hypothetical particle called a symmetron is responsible for creating invisible walls i… [+2881 chars]
On the morning of 17 March, the worlds largest set of doors rolled open to reveal an aerospace marvel at the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. There, in NASAs biggest building, stood i… [+15804 chars]
The go-to materials for building home furniture, décor and floors are composite wood products that come in large sheets. But the glues and resins holding together particleboard, fiberboard and plywoo… [+2701 chars]
It's not every day that someone comes across a new state of matter in quantum physics, the scientific field devoted to describing the behavior of atomic and subatomic particles in order to elucidate … [+5392 chars]
A new study performed at the University of Eastern Finland has shown that variations caused in both the size and distribution of the pine beauty moth population are connected to higher temperatures. … [+2581 chars]
Sagittarius A*, often abbreviated to Sgr A* and pronounced "Sagittarius A star", is a supermassive black hole located at the center of our spiral galaxy, the Milky Way. Sagittarius A* is mostly dorm… [+7321 chars]
EPFL scientists have developed a digital model of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, that realistically simulates the movements of the animal. The twin is a big step towards reverse engineering … [+5569 chars]
A study led by scientists at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and University of Kent uncovers how the genome three-dimensional structure of male germ cells determines how genomes evolve ov… [+6939 chars]
