In the early 1990s, planetary history was made. In 1992, two astronomers, Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail, published a paper in Nature announcing the discovery of the very first planets outside th… [+4968 chars]
Certain types of strongly star-forming galaxies have long been thought to lie outside the usual trends in metal abundances followed by other galaxies. A study now reveals the significant effect of du… [+1322 chars]
This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Martin Bauer (opens in new t… [+7832 chars]
Researcher Dhruv Sareens own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether theyll grow better in zero gravity. Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are tryi… [+4750 chars]
If chemists built cars, they'd fill a factory with car parts, set it on fire, and sift from the ashes pieces that now looked vaguely car-like. When you're dealing with car-parts the size of atoms, … [+3645 chars]
Researchers at Aalto University's School of Electrical Engineering have developed a new approach to control the properties of a light beam. By using the handedness of the light beam, the technique ac… [+2480 chars]
Nebula is a Latin word meaning "cloud", but in an astronomical context, it refers to any celestial object which appears cloud-like when viewed through a telescope. When telescopes weren’t as powerfu… [+6969 chars]
Over several decades, neuroscientists have created a well-defined map of the brains language network, or the regions of the brain that are specialized for processing language. Found primarily in the … [+6871 chars]
Among the many functions performed by skeletal muscles, an important one is maintaining our posture. If it weren't for these muscles, Earth's gravitational pull may make it difficult for us to stand … [+4610 chars]
For a schematic overview of the experimental design, see Fig. 2. Experimental evolution Protocol The stock population (Stock population below) was allowed to expand for one generation and from thi… [+43029 chars]
A woodpecker is uniquely built to be able to pound its head against trees without hurting its brain in the process, according to an international collaboration of biomechanists from Brown University … [+1397 chars]
A massive field of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor in the dark depths of the East Pacific ocean is the hottest and largest discovered in the region yet. Not only that, but it's in a place scienti… [+4514 chars]
