When you look at a region of the sky where stars are born, you see a cloud of gas and dust and a bunch of stars. It’s really a beautiful sight. In most places, the stars all end up being about the sa… [+4164 chars]
The universe is constantly expanding and evolving, violently killing off planets and entire solar systems to pave way for new ones. Galaxies, too, collide into each other every now and then to create… [+1697 chars]
The month of August seems a perfect time for skywatchers to do some star-gazing. Available for their viewing pleasure are Perseids meteor shower and the recent supermoon, plus many more upcoming even… [+2236 chars]
Efficient phase separation in reduced gravitational environments is an obstacle for human space exploration and known since the first flights to space in the 1960s," said Dr. Katharina Brinkert of th… [+1804 chars]
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) This week, Oakland, Calif., issued a warning about a cyanobacteria bloom on Lake Merritt. While this material is dangerous to humans today, traces it may have left on anci… [+4465 chars]
Climate change is a real problem. Human caused outputs of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are the main driver of an unprecedented rise in global average temperatures at a speed never… [+3857 chars]
While the Earth on June 29 did indeed record its shortest day since the adoption of the atomic clock standard in 1970 — at 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours — scientists say this is a normal fluct… [+3539 chars]
Cell cultures Primary neuron cultures were prepared from Wistar rats (P0P2), according to the guidelines of the Italian Animal Welfare Act and the European Union guidelines for animal care (d.1.116/… [+16925 chars]
When the first humans reach Mars, theyll probably live in habitats that were there ahead of time or in habs made from their landers. Eventually, though, if people are going to settle on Mars in lar… [+4521 chars]
Fly pollination in African and in Asian Ceropegia The four Ceropegia we investigated were pollinated by Diptera of two families, Chloropidae and Milichiidae, the latter represented by two genera, Mi… [+18792 chars]
Physicist Eric J. Lernercomes to the point: To everyone who sees them, the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images of the cosmos are beautifully awe-inspiring. But to most professional astronom… [+6454 chars]
Antarctica is situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and covers an area of 14.2 million km2. Described as a polar desert, the continent has an average annual precipitation of 166 mil… [+2973 chars]
