Title: The Accretion flow in M87 is really MAD Authors: Feng Yuan, Haiyang Wang, Hai Yang First Authors Institution: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Status: Accepted for publication in ApJ, av… [+3576 chars]
Ancient bones unearthed in China are helping scientists better understand the development, or evolution, of modern pandas. Pandas are a kind of animal called bears that live in forests in the mounta… [+3413 chars]
The Earth is warming from human activities, primarily because of increased carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This creates an energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere c… [+2476 chars]
June 2022 was yet another busy month on the International Space Station (ISS), filled with new spacecraft arrivals, departures, and intriguing research performed by the Expedition 67 crew. The month… [+15065 chars]
On February 11 , 2016, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the detection of gravitational waves for the first time. As predicted by Einsteins Gene… [+5290 chars]
Astronomers are helplessly observing the Milky Way’s largest star, VY Canis Majoris, dying a slow death. While scientists cannot protect the mortal star, the observation can help experts understand … [+744 chars]
Jaws in vertebrate animals first developed in fishes hundreds of millions of years ago. Now, two new studies published in the journals eLifeand Developmentlook at the origins of these jaws. Its bee… [+1771 chars]
