image: The eddy covariance system (left center) installed in Dajiuhu subalpine peatland in Shennongjia, central China's Hubei Province.view more Credit: Jiwen Ges team) Wetland ecosystems are the … [+2892 chars]
Skywatchers might get a bonus this weekend, when a meteor storm not associated with a major meteor shower could light up the morning. In the pre-dawn hours on Sunday, May 15, our planet will pass t… [+1555 chars]
image: Left: Scheme of the kinetochore organization with the CCAN subcomplexes binding to the centromere protein A (CENP-A). Right: Model of the surface of the CCANs 16 components organized in differ… [+2503 chars]
Three years ago, scientists used a telescope the size of Earth to produce the first-ever image of a black hole. Now, they've done it again — this time, closer to home, and of a very different invisib… [+5454 chars]
More than 1,700 new asteroids discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope but hidden in its files for 20 years have been discovered by astronomers. Artificial intelligence has aided scientists in the d… [+3477 chars]
Three years ago, scientists used a telescope the size of Earth to produce the first-ever image of a black hole. Now, they've done it again — this time, closer to home, and of a very different invisib… [+5454 chars]
If the Battlestar Galactica universe was real and you were a Cylon living in The Colony, which is right on the edge of a black hole, what would you hear? Never mind anything that close to a black ho… [+4652 chars]
Paleontologists discovered a tiny fragment that may have been from the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs, as revealed in a new documentary Dinosaur Apocalypse.… [+785 chars]
Parts of Antarctica have actually gained ice during the last 20 years, new research reveals, despite the continent suffering significant loss due to global warming. Researchers say that sea ice, pus… [+6408 chars]
THE Sun may surprise us with a solar storm this Friday the 13th. After a week of multiple eruptions on the Sun, space weather experts think we could expect a "glancing blow" from another CME today. … [+2156 chars]
NASAs most famous space telescope has discovered a star that outlived its partner. When a large star dies, it bursts in a spectacular blast of light, commonly known as a supernova. Because this powe… [+3305 chars]
When thinking about quantum mechanical systems, single photons and well-isolated ions and atoms may spring to mind, or electrons spreading through a crystal. More exotic in the context of quantum mec… [+5877 chars]
