A comet first spotted in the distance in 2017 might finally be within view soon of amateur astronomers. Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), called K2 for short, was then the farthest active comet ever spot… [+2559 chars]
In a project aimed at developing intelligent tools to fight child exploitation, University of Groningen computer scientists have developed a system to analyse the noise produced by individual camer… [+4233 chars]
A new, multi-node FLEET review investigates the search for Majorana fermions in iron-based superconductors.The elusive Majorana fermion, or 'angel particle' proposed by Ettore Majorana in 1937, simul… [+4192 chars]
A team of researchers working at Lund University in Sweden has found that despite their drab appearance in daylight, moths have a wide variety of bright coloring when viewed using an infrared camera.… [+2497 chars]
You might think that Europe is so well studied that no large animals remain undiscovered. Yet today, a new species of giant keelback slug from Montenegro was announced in the open-access Biodiversity… [+2681 chars]
A new class of stellar systems has been identified, they're not quite galaxies and only exist in isolation, according to the researchers at University of Arizona. The new stellar systems contain onl… [+5136 chars]
A sunspot pointing toward Earth has the potential to cause solar flares, but experts told USA TODAY it's far from unusual and eased concerns over how flares would affect the Blue Planet. Active Regi… [+4034 chars]
Here's your moment of space beauty for the day. The Hubble Space Telescope stared at the constellation Sagittarius and spotted a luminous collection of stars. NASA highlighted the view of Terzan 9, a… [+1778 chars]
All things considered, Jupiter seems like a pretty scary place. More than 300 times bigger than Earth (and twice the size of all the rest of our solar system’s planets combined), the King of Planets … [+1457 chars]
Wringing wet cloth in space: Astronaut demonstrates water's fascinating property Jun 23, 2022, 10:59 am2 min read A video showing astronaut Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, wringing a w… [+1703 chars]
When you think of echolocation, you probably think of bats or dolphins. But echolocation has also been used as a way for blind people to navigate, too. Despite the skill’s usefulness, few blind peopl… [+2716 chars]
Astronomers have successfully traced the violent and disastrous development of Andromeda, our nearest galactic neighbor, by analyzing the makeup and motion of more than 500 stars within the nearby ga… [+1288 chars]
