For hundreds of millions of years, Earths climate has warmed and cooled with natural fluctuations in the level of carbon dioxide (CO) in the atmosphere. Over the past century, humans have pushed CO l… [+6145 chars]
Researchers say the material has promising applications, such as advanced electronics and high-capacity batteries. Tulane Universitys School of Science and Engineering has created a new family of tw… [+3113 chars]
The early solar system was more chaotic than previously thought, according to a new, more precise reconstruction of the early history of several asteroids. Before the Earth and other planets formed,… [+4729 chars]
Stars tend to form in clusters or groups of between ten and several thousand stars that share the same age and composition, although in different evolutionary phases. Among the clusters in the Milky … [+5063 chars]
ByUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillMay 25, 2022 The newly discovered massive black holes reside in dwarf galaxies, where their radiation competes with the light of abundant young stars. Cr… [+6990 chars]
In March 2018, researchers launched what looks like a white, cooler-sized fridge to the International Space Station. That heavy box houses a $100 million facility known as the Cold Atom Laboratory, w… [+3141 chars]
Earth's interior is a far from quiet place. Deep below our surface activities, the planet rumbles with activity, from plate tectonics to convection currents that circulate through the hot magmatic fl… [+3598 chars]
Earth's interior is a far from quiet place. Deep below our surface activities, the planet rumbles with activity, from plate tectonics to convection currents that circulate through the hot magmatic fl… [+3598 chars]
An enormous asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building is headed toward Earth — and you can watch live as it whooshes harmlessly through the night sky. The asteroid, dubbed 7335 (19… [+2825 chars]
NASA has updated the launch period for its Psyche asteroid mission, from August 2022 to September 2022, citing an issue preventing confirmation that the software controlling the spacecraft is functio… [+1735 chars]
Dr. Edwin L. Thomas, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, a team of researchers from Texas A&M University and Yonsei University recently discovered a helicoidal-shape… [+4390 chars]
astronomer: A scientist who works in the field of research that deals with celestial objects, space and the physical universe. astrophysicist: A scientist who works in an area of astronomy that deal… [+5850 chars]