In 1850, Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, a mathematician when he wasnt fulfilling his main responsibility as a vicar in the Church of England, described his schoolgirl problem: Fifteen young ladies in a sc… [+6711 chars]
There are hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe, each containing billions of stars, and found in every part of the sky. But in some directions, nearby galaxies block the view of the more d… [+2647 chars]
An important function of our cells' signaling pathways is to coordinate growth with environmental cues, such as the availability of nutrients in the cell's environment. Cell growth plays an important… [+5557 chars]
In a world rife with opposing views, lets draw attention to something we can all agree on: if I show you my pen, and then hide it behind my back, my pen still exists even though you cant see it anymo… [+4268 chars]
Human and machine intelligence worked together to find 40,000 ring galaxies, scientists at the National Astronomy Meeting will announce this week. Dr. Mike Walmsley of the University of Manchester an… [+2385 chars]
There are 13 observatories on Maunakea, including the Gemini North telescope (right) and the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope (left).Credit: David Nunuk/Science Photo Library The state of Hawaii has s… [+5368 chars]
The James Web Space Telescope team is fresh off the exciting reveal of the telescope’s first full-color photographs, but those images aren’t the only ones the observatory has captured. Hidden in its … [+3032 chars]
More details are emerging about China's potential mission to Venus as part of the country's expanding space exploration program. The proposed mission , called the Venus Volcano Imaging and Climate … [+3366 chars]
Far out in the Milky Way, roughly 22,000 light years from Earth, a star unlike any other roars with a magnetic force that beats anything physicists have ever seen. At a whopping 1.6 billion Tesla, … [+3383 chars]
The invasion of Ukraine has taken a toll on Russias ongoing partnerships with the U.S. and Europe in space. Yesterday, the European Space Agency announced that its fully terminating its cooperation w… [+3723 chars]
This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, combined the capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope's two cameras to create a never-before-seen view of a star-forming region in the Car… [+1884 chars]
Scientists had long wondered how woodpeckers can repeatedly pound their beaks against tree trunks without doing damage to their brains. This led to the notion that their skulls must act like shock-ab… [+3871 chars]
