(MENAFN- The Conversation) It has been more than 50 years since astronomers first proposeddark matter, which is thought to be the most common form of matter in the universe. Despite this, we have … [+6931 chars]
Over the last few decades, researchers have built minuscule molecular machines that rotate or shuttle other molecules. However, it's difficult to determine the mechanical work and forces that these t… [+2326 chars]
Andrew McCarthy, a resident of Florence, created the video by taking about a million photos of the sun with a special telescope and capturing massive solar flares. McCarthy claims that the largest o… [+3666 chars]
This fresh Hubble Space Telescope image looks like a gassy disaster unfolding deep in space. The image shows the galaxy NGC 3718, which NASA officials say is a "highly disturbed spiral," meaning its… [+2351 chars]
NASAs rover, Curiosity, has clicked a picture of some bizarre but amazing rock pillars on Mars. These twisted rock formations on the Red Planet were found by the long-running rover on May 15. This ro… [+1687 chars]
For the first time, researchers have created simulations that directly recreate the full life cycle of some of the largest collections of galaxies observed in the distant universe 11 billion years ag… [+4157 chars]
Made from atoms in never-ending motion, the time crystals were long believed to be impossible. A time crystal is a macroscopic quantum system in periodic motion in its ground state. They exhibit the … [+1814 chars]
Asteroid collisions in the early solar system exposed their iron cores to space, allowing them to cool rapidly. (Image credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech) A great demolition derby, with a chaotic mess of aste… [+4971 chars]
X-rays make it possible to explore inside human bodies or peer inside objects. The technology used to illuminate the detail in microscopically small structures is the same as that used in familiar si… [+3777 chars]
All cosmic objects are embedded in magnetic fields. However, these fields are weak, but they are dynamically significant because they have profound effects on the dynamics of the universe. The origi… [+3462 chars]
The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch, read by Benjamin Thompson. Your browser does not support the audio element. Braincomputer interfaces (BCIs) implanted in … [+670 chars]
The pingan trees fruit (left) is distinct from the lumok trees (right), but Western scientists misclassified the two trees as one species for almost two centuries.Credit: left, Elias Ednie; right, El… [+3600 chars]
