An insightful cross-disciplinary team of University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa researchers, working for over a decade, published a study recently revealing that a key number of hours of darkness during… [+4286 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of NGC 1023, one of the nearest, massive lenticular (lens-shaped) galaxies to Earth that lies some 36 million light-years away from us. Hu… [+1700 chars]
Researchers are using a new technique to investigate regions of galaxy formation early in the universe. About 13.8 billion years ago, in the aftermath of the Big Bang, the universe was full of neutra… [+3396 chars]
You might have heard of Starlink – the groundbreaking satellite-enabled internet connectivity pioneered by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk that provided a lifeline to Ukrainians trapped in the vic… [+3712 chars]
According to a new study, an unseen ‘mirror world’ of particles that interacts with the universe solely through gravity might be the key to solving a crucial cosmological issue—the Hubble constant pr… [+4996 chars]
Placeholder while article actions load A young girls tooth excavated from a cave wall in northeastern Laos is providing new insight into the mysterious extinct human species called Denisovans and re… [+3616 chars]
Trinity scientists, along with international colleagues, have explored the importance of sea travel in prehistory by examining the genomes of ancient Maltese humans and comparing these with the genom… [+5741 chars]
A space rock discovered more than two decades ago may be the first physical evidence of a rare type of powerful stellar explosion called a Type Ia supernova, according to a new study. In 1996, a res… [+4244 chars]
Mysterious fast radio bursts release as much energy in one second as the Sun pours out in a year and are among the most puzzling phenomena in the universe. Now researchers at Princeton University, th… [+5366 chars]
Earth's auroras are a glorious wonder, but our planet isn't the only place in the Solar System where these phenomena can be found. An atmospheric glow, albeit sometimes in invisible wavelengths, has… [+4050 chars]
James Webb Space Space Telescope may be humanity's future 'eye in the sky' but good ol' Hubble telescope still has a place in our hearts. Hubble has faithfuly relayed images of distant stars and gala… [+1387 chars]
20 May 2022, 17:30 | Updated: 20 May 2022, 18:05 What does music sound like when played in Mars atmosphere? Picture: Getty Dr Nina Lanza tells Classic FM why symphony orchestras would sound off … [+7631 chars]