Two new images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show what may be among the earliest galaxies ever observed. Both images include objects from more than 13 billion years ago, and one offers a muc… [+4303 chars]
In 1963, the mathematician Roy Kerr found a solution to Einsteins equations that precisely described the space-time outside what we now call a rotating black hole. (The term wouldnt be coined for a f… [+6317 chars]
NASA is launching two more small helicopters to Mars as part of its effort to return Martian rocks and soil samples to Earth. Under the plan announced in late July, NASAs Perseverance rover will tra… [+2605 chars]
For the first time, scientists have created mouse embryos in the lab without using any eggs or sperm and watched them grow outside the womb. To achieve this feat, the researchers used only stem cells… [+4981 chars]
Physicists have just caught light acting the part of 'glue' between atoms, in a kind of loosely bonded molecule. "We have succeeded for the first time in polarizing several atoms together in a contr… [+4564 chars]
The aftermath of an epic collision involving at least one neutron star has been captured for the first time in the millimeter range of radio frequency wavelengths. The result is a recording of a sho… [+5328 chars]
Of the thousands of exoplanets discovered so far, the most common are "super-Earths" — worlds bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. Some of these planets even lie within the habitable zones of … [+5933 chars]
Over the last couple of years, time has felt more nebulous than ever. You'd be forgiven for thinking that days are passing by at an increasingly faster clip. According to scientists, that perspecti… [+2357 chars]
From spiders struggling to make webs in orbit to bats clinging to the outside of the Space Shuttle, the history of animals in space is as fascinating as it is weird. Here are some of our favorite sto… [+578 chars]
A team of physicists from UNLVs Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab (NEXCL) used a diamond anvil cell, a research device similar to the one pictured, in their research to lower the pressure needed to obser… [+5333 chars]
ByRuhr-University BochumAugust 4, 2022 Artists concept of a plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs are characterized by four uniform flippers. A new study reveals how plesiosaurs swam underwater Plesiosaurs, who… [+8327 chars]
When even that wasnt enough, the doctors at Sanford contacted the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Eight days after she walked into the E.R., the patients lungs were hardly working at all. The next st… [+2348 chars]
