Using a network of 20 telescopes worldwide- The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN)- astronomers from Ohio State University have identified about 116,000 new variable stars. They later … [+2675 chars]
Our 21st-century world is full of electronic devices communicating with each other. This elaborate network—from the smallest motion sensor chips to your smartwatch—is known as the Internet of Things.… [+2962 chars]
How many of what kinds of stars live in other galaxies? It seems like a simple question, but it's notoriously hard to pin down because astronomers have such a difficult time estimating stellar popula… [+3201 chars]
Further evidence that some monster black holes have killed star formation in their galaxies has come to light in a study that peers back 12.5 billion years into the early universe. Stars form when… [+3257 chars]
Let's put ourselves in the floating shoes of Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Korsakov, current a resident of the International Space Station. You're taking pictures of the Russian Progress MS-18 spacecraf… [+1323 chars]
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Teams from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and University College London (UCL) have visualized the water distribution in a fuel cell in three dimensions and in real time for the first time by evaluati… [+4324 chars]
Epigenetic Reprogramming for Longevity Leads to Early Death? Photo by Donald Wu on Unsplash Reset Most of our cells contain the DNA needed to guide the construction of a human being. That DNA has … [+104 chars]
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and SpaceX are targeting 10:22 a.m. EDT Friday, June 10, to launch the agency's next investigation to monitor climate change to the International Space S… [+6053 chars]
Look up! The Full Strawberry Moon of June 14 may appear ever-so-slightly bigger and brighter than usual when it rises this month, making it a "supermoon" by most definitions. Depending on which bree… [+3467 chars]
For years, scientists have tried to understand the structure of the Earth. One of these scientists is University of Twente geophysicist Dr. Juan Carlos Afonso (Faculty of ITC). He has recently develo… [+3022 chars]
Throughout the world, huge kelp forests have battled to stay healthy the past few years along with some fading altogether. Most kelp forests around the world’s coastlines are struggling due to clima… [+5750 chars]