Electrons are some of the most basic building components of matter that we are familiar with. They have several distinguishing characteristics, including a negative charge and the existence of an exa… [+4587 chars]
New radio telescope observations have brought a new lens on one of our universe's most beautiful stellar nurseries. Having a clearer sense of what star-forming regions look like could help us unders… [+6303 chars]
One look at this stunning new image and you're likely to repeat the immortal words of "2001: A Space Odyssey's" astronaut Dave Bowman as he enters the mysterious black monolith… "My god, it's full of… [+2172 chars]
NASA will arrange for the launch of Lunar Pathfinder through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services programme and gain access to communications services from the spacecraft. NASA Administrator Bill … [+3207 chars]
Biological samples The original colony of M. pharaonis was collected in 2016 from a resident house in Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, and split into hundreds of subcolonies in the lab… [+31808 chars]
The end-Permian extinction (EPE) was the greatest biotic crisis in Earth's history, eliminating more than 90% of species in the oceans and more than 70% of species on land. Researchers led by Dr. Li… [+2991 chars]
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA/USGSA cross-section of underground ice is exposed at the steep slope that appears bright blue in this enhanced-color view from the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaiss… [+3195 chars]
Identification of AtHYPK and its impact on growth, development, and stress resilience. (A) Size exclusion chromatography of AtHYPK-Strep II (3) and CtNatA (2). The shift to lower elution volume demon… [+4599 chars]
Are you a morning person? I have always functioned better in the early hours even despite the fact I also spend at least an hour awake every night at about 1:00 a.m. worrying (often about the fact … [+5704 chars]
An international team of astronomers has discovered the fastest-growing black hole of the last nine billion years.The black hole consumes the equivalent of one Earth every second and shines 7,000 tim… [+1530 chars]
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Cambridge, have developed a new method to dramatica… [+5445 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]
