James Webb may have captured an image of its first supernova. The team behind the space telescope shared a group of images and a brief report on the possible transient earlier this month. According t… [+2380 chars]
Scientists found strong static magnetic fields can safely relieve anxiety and depression symptoms in mice. They believe that high static magnetic fields have the potential to be an antidepressant tre… [+2908 chars]
ByUniversity of GenevaJuly 31, 2022 Beginning a Journey Across the Universe: The Discovery of Extragalactic Neutrino Factories. Credit: © Benjamin Amend For the first time, researchers reveal the o… [+4246 chars]
Lasers are useful for a lot of things. They made CDs work (when they were still a thing). They also provide hours of entertainment for cats (and their humans). But they can also create magnetic con… [+2473 chars]
What do UX Tauri, RW Aurigae, AS 205, Z CMajoris, and FU Orionis have in common? They’re young stellar systems with disks where planets could form. It appears those disks were disturbed by stellar fl… [+5820 chars]
Dinosaurs have captured peoples imaginations more than any other ancient creatures. These reptiles some large, some small; some carnivores and others herbivores rose and dominated the worlds landscap… [+5905 chars]
Debris from a massive Chinese booster rocket arrived back to Earth on Saturday, according to the U.S. Space Command. The former rocket reentered Earth's atmosphere above the Indian Ocean at about 12:… [+3569 chars]
Whenever we look up at a clear night sky, we can see a multitude of stars. From here on Earth, if you happen to be in an area with no light pollution, you can see upwards of 10,000 individual stars. … [+3406 chars]
The chance of someone being killed by space junk falling from the sky may seem ridiculously tiny. After all, nobody has yet died from such an accident, though there have been instances of injury and … [+6069 chars]
Multiple galaxies shine bright against the dark backdrop of space in a newly released Hubble Space Telescope image. The image captures several spiral and irregular galaxies in the constellation of … [+2072 chars]
A full moon can be quite a sight to behold, but it can also be something of a nuisance! In August, the latter is more likely to be true as a full moon indeed a supermoon will drown out all but the br… [+3561 chars]
Zeta Oviucci once orbited close to another star, before the companion disintegrated in a supernova explosion. Infrared data from Spitzer revealed a surprising shockwave made of material that erupted … [+3585 chars]