Climate change is on track to interfere with tomato productionand could be especially bad news for fans of ketchup, pizza sauce and other processed tomato products. According to a study published in… [+4240 chars]
A new high-resolution geological map of the Moon was recently released online. Ji et al. 2022/Science Bulletin A research team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released a new high-resolut… [+2210 chars]
Scientists from the University of Tsukuba demonstrated how ultrafast spectroscopy can be used to improve the temporal resolution of quantum sensors. By measuring the orientation of coherent spins ins… [+3174 chars]
A quantum simulator at Rice University is giving physicists a clear look at spin-charge separation, the quantum world's version of the magician's illusion of sawing a person in half. Published this … [+7044 chars]
University of Arizona astronomers have identified five examples of a new class of stellar system. They're not quite galaxies and only exist in isolation. The new stellar systems contain only young, … [+5582 chars]
A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth and Mars acquire volatile elements such as hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and noble gases as th… [+4083 chars]
Top Left:A giant blue star, much more massive than our Sun, has consumed, through nuclear fusion at its center, all its hydrogen, helium, and heavier elements up to iron. It now has a small iron core… [+6414 chars]
How Did The First Galaxies Form? The universe is filled with over a hundred billion individual galaxies. Most of the stars and planets in the universe are contained within galaxies. They come in a … [+4804 chars]
Two new worlds of probable rocky mineral goodness have just been found orbiting a star close to our own cosmic neighborhood. The two newly discovered exoplanets are what are known as super-Earths bi… [+4736 chars]
The next time you look up at a bright full moon, think about this: No one knows, precisely, where the moon came from. We have no idea why the moon is here, science writer Rebecca Boyle says on Unex… [+9119 chars]
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will fly NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is at the pad for a critical series of tests this weekend. NASA officials held a call with reporters on Wednesday (Ju… [+5106 chars]
TEMPE, Ariz. — A star in deep space is giving new meaning to the saying “here today, gone tomorrow.” Astronomers have witnessed the fastest star explosion ever recorded from Earth. They watched as t… [+5502 chars]