Scientists believe they know where the stardust in our solar system has come from. Stardust is generally thought of as dust grains that originated from the cooling of gases from stars, blown across … [+1882 chars]
When racehorses enter training at about 2 years old, they can develop tiny stress fractures and new bone formations in their legs. This condition, called bucked shin, occurs in about 70% of the anima… [+3249 chars]
Sir Isaac Newton first stated the laws of motion in Principia Mathematica back in 1687 and today those laws are seen as facts - that when something moves it has to push against something else. But a… [+2685 chars]
If you are a fan of astronomy, you may want to consider sacrificing some sleep and staying up late on Thursday night. The Perseids began on July 14 and will continue to Sept. 1, but the meteor showe… [+1281 chars]
Mother Nature has been putting on quite a show this summer in the Okanagan. Kyle Goodwin tells Castanet he was up late on Sunday night and enjoying the sights from the Glenrosa area of West Kelowna.… [+1037 chars]
Two a.m. is not a fit hour for travel, but that was the rise-and-shine time for Pascal and me in San Jose, California. I'd driven to his home to fly out of the local airport shortly after five that m… [+5034 chars]
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and partners at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have made the first-ever detection of gas in an circumplanetar… [+2954 chars]
In an amazing series of events, NASA has discovered an Earth-like exoplanet which is larger than the Earth. The planet is currently orbiting an M-type star, nearly 37 million light years away from Ea… [+1437 chars]
It was very hard to publish that first paper, because no one would believe us, she recalls. The role of pollinators on Earth is well-established. Hundreds of thousands of flowering species depend on… [+7314 chars]
The Giant Magellan Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever engineered, has secured a new $205M funding infusion that will be used to accelerate its construction. When finished, it will be four ti… [+3223 chars]
Scientists were left puzzled when a weird spaghetti-like object was spotted on Mars by the Perseverance rover. It sparked a lot of debate online and a number of experts came up with their own explana… [+1721 chars]
Aug 9 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith STARFORGE, a project creating the most accurate, highest-resolution 3D simulations of star formation to date, was launched last year by a team of astrophysicists tha… [+5846 chars]
