A team of astronomers using the Chinese Insight-HXMT x-ray telescope have made a direct measurement of the strongest magnetic field in the known universe. The magnetic field belongs to a magnetar cur… [+1960 chars]
Reading Time: 4minutesEngineering clubs are created by students and for students. They provide a sandbox that lets future engineers make new things, sometimes starting with mistakes. COVID-19 jeopard… [+4885 chars]
Enlarge/ The Butterfly Nebula, located just under 4,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius, is a striking example of a planetary nebula, the end stage in the evolution of a small- t… [+5158 chars]
(MENAFN) The US and Russia have signed a contract to fly each others spacefarers to the International Space Station (ISS). The breakthrough was following months of strains and doubt over mutual space… [+1654 chars]
Japanese researchers have released plans to recreate Earths level of gravity on the moon. The effort aims to support plans by the United States and other nations to establish long-term bases for hum… [+5038 chars]
NASA's Perseverance rover has been a massive asset for the space agency as it has come up with brilliant pictures from Mars. The pictures have played a huge role in scientists determining the surroun… [+1466 chars]
Salicylic acid, the active ingredient of aspirin, is an important plant hormone that plays a role in growth, development, photosynthesis, and disease resistance. And it could be the secret to making … [+2385 chars]
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Twenty-three years ago, Colette Lepage graduated from Lakehead University with a degree in chemical engineering. Now she is reflecting on how what she learned at Lakehead helped … [+3590 chars]
The core of the Milky Way in Sagittarius low in the south over the Frenchman River valley at ... [+] Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. This is from the 76 Ranch Corral site. Grasslands is a Dar… [+4927 chars]
Enlarge/ The Butterfly Nebula, located just under 4,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius, is a striking example of a planetary nebula, the end stage in the evolution of a small- t… [+5158 chars]
Most of the objects we can see in space, such as stars and planets, are spherical, yet does this also apply to the universe as a whole? Is the universe also spherical, or is it some other shape? Ther… [+2813 chars]
China will launch, in October, its first solar probe, which aims to study the relationships between the solar magnetic field, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), the media reported. Sol… [+1644 chars]