A new study from North Carolina State University shows the behavioral mechanism behind a sweet cockroach mating ritual that takes a bitter turn, resulting in rejected males. Male German cockroaches … [+6321 chars]
New research from Monash University means we are one step closer to inhabiting Mars. A study led by a Monash University geologist has provided fresh evidence into the erosion of rocks on Mars by wa… [+2561 chars]
On July 7, 2020, the X-ray instrument eROSITA captured an astronomical event that until then had only been theorized and never seen. It saw the detonation of a nova on a white dwarf star, which produ… [+4578 chars]
When I was growing up in the west of Scotland, my concept of the United States was defined by several Only in America features: Pumpkin pie, foot-long hot dogs, Disney World, Friends, skyscrapers, … [+6112 chars]
A speck of light that scientists once wrote off as a distant galaxy may actually be the brightest pulsar ever detected outside the Milky Way. Named PSR J0523−7125 and located about 160,000light-year… [+3408 chars]
Is there sound in space? New audio released from NASA provides some insight – and the answer is haunting. The audio, released on May 4, is that of a black hole from the center of the Perseus galaxy… [+2397 chars]
Members of NASAs Crew-4 arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday April 27 to begin their four-and-a-half month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. The new crew members are settling in… [+321 chars]
PARIS - An international team of astronomers on Thursday unveiled the first image of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy -- a cosmic body known as Sagittarius A*. The… [+4435 chars]
NASA's new space telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected to begin in July, astronomers said Monday. The James Webb Space Telescope beamed back the latest test … [+1815 chars]
A spectacularly preserved arrow from the Iron Age — complete with its iron arrowhead, sinew wrappings and aerodynamic feather fletching — is now in the hands of glacial archaeologists in Norway. It'… [+3274 chars]
