Australian astronomers discovered the brightest pulsar ever seen outside the Milky Way by putting sunglasses on a telescope. The spinning stars: At the end of their lives, some massive stars collaps… [+2876 chars]
NUS scientists discovered that a two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting material, known as black phosphorus (BP), exhibits an electronic self-passivation phenomenon by re-arranging its vacancy defects. … [+4321 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]
Credit: Airbus Edinburgh / Friedrichshafen, 25 May 2022. – ESA has confirmed after a thorough review process that the preliminary design of the Airbus-built Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography … [+1056 chars]
image: New Duke University research shows that silicone wristbands can be used to track firefighters exposures to 134 dangerous chemicals, including PFAS.view more Credit: Durham, NC, Fire Departme… [+4777 chars]
NASA has provided a few tantalizing details describing its first crewed mission to Mars, which is expected to take place at some point in the 2030s. The U.S. space agency recently announced its top … [+2785 chars]
We are all guilty of not answering a phone call even when we see the phone ringing. It could be for many reasons such as being busy on another task or just not feeling comfortable receiving a call fr… [+2810 chars]
NASA has taken to its blog to hone in on an elliptical galaxy and a surrounding unusual star-forming dwarf galaxy. The space agency explains that the elliptical galaxy is called NGC 541, and the irr… [+925 chars]
This Hubble image captures a set of galaxies that are unusual because they seem not to have dark matter.Credit: NASA/ESA/P. van Dokkum, Yale Univ. Galaxies without dark matter baffle astronomers Sc… [+3891 chars]
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweep… [+5657 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]
A world-class astronomical observatory is under construction in the town of Lenghu, northwest China's Qinghai Province. It has an average elevation of 3,800 meters. The site was chosen for the platea… [+207 chars]
