A team of astronomers has developed a method that will allow them to 'see' through the fog of the early universe and detect light from the first stars and galaxies. The researchers, led by the Unive… [+6278 chars]
Microscope image of genetically engineered kidney organoids were used to solve a medical mystery about tuberous sclerosis complex. Credit: Cell Research Scientists have solved a medical mystery in a… [+3169 chars]
Growing up with the largest radio telescope in the world in their backyard set Edgard Rivera-Valentín on a path of planetary exploration at an early age. Rivera-Valentín first visited Arecibo Observ… [+4218 chars]
In 2023 the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will hurtle through dust and debris left in the inner ... [+] solar system by Halley's comet in 1986. (Photo by F. Carter Smith/Sygma via Getty Images) … [+3705 chars]
In a recent discovery, astronomers have discovered a triple star system that is unlike others of its kind. The unusual star system is more massive, compact and has a hierarchal order where two stars… [+2693 chars]
I drop rocks down mountainsides for science. Rockslides are a major hazard here in Switzerland. They can damage roads, railways, buildings and tunnels, and the risk only grows as climate change shrin… [+1749 chars]
Scientists have discovered a deadly pool at the bottom of Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea and according to reports it kills almost all the creatures that swims into it. It was discovered by the University of … [+2191 chars]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question youd like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped hea… [+5607 chars]
On a warm July day in 1972, NASA launched a new Earth-imaging satellite called the Earth Resources Technology Satellite. "ERTS" was the first satellite of what later became NASA and the U.S. Geologic… [+6329 chars]
This fireball was a "random occurrence" and not associated with any meteor shower. A spectacular fireball on Friday was spotted zooming over several US states, including Indiana and Wisconsin. The A… [+1659 chars]
Trilobites -- extinct marine arthropods that roamed the world's oceans from about 520 million years ago until they went extinct 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period -- may have gro… [+2570 chars]
Water is life, but for all its importance, humanity has a surprisingly limited view of Earth's freshwater bodies. Researchers have reliable water level measurements for only a few thousand lakes arou… [+6138 chars]
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