Astronomers have conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations of a binary system known as TIC 60040774. Results of the observational campaign shed more light on the properties of this system,… [+3359 chars]
Nothing lasts forever, including the stars in our night sky. One of the brighter and more notable stars in our sky is Betelgeuse, the bright red supergiant in the shoulder of Orion. In late 2019, as… [+5158 chars]
A simple statistical test shows that contrary to current practice, the "gaps" within DNA protein and sequence alignments commonly used in evolutionary biology can provide important information about … [+4196 chars]
Certain taskssuch as recognizing patterns and languageare performed highly efficiently by a human brain, requiring only about one ten-thousandth of the energy of a conventional, so-called "von Neuman… [+5863 chars]
The adolescent phase of the universe was much more complex than imagined, detailed snapshots of the early cosmos from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal. "There are many more galaxies wit… [+13104 chars]
Space is big and scary, and a new video created from Webb Space Telescope data goes to show the massive distances separating us from the objects were trying to observe. In this case, its the Cartwhee… [+1557 chars]
For the rest of this article we focus on the conscious attempts to apply the techniques of sound design and sonification in an astronomy context. Through a community effort, we have collated 98 such … [+17327 chars]
Sneezing can be traced back more than 600 million years to the humble sponge, according to new research. An involuntary release of air helps it get rid of irritants—just like humans, say scientists. … [+4399 chars]
According to experts on the field, earth is now in the third season of the Sun's 11-year solar activity. Low earth orbital observatories are now feeling the impact and experts are now worrying of wh… [+4061 chars]
In Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity arises when a massive object distorts the fabric of spacetime the way a ball sinks into a piece of stretched cloth. Solving Einstein's equations by… [+3360 chars]
A modular cloning platform for circRNA enables rapid designbuildtest cycles. Schematic describing the modular cloning platform used to create template plasmids for circRNA synthesis. Parts 16 corresp… [+10049 chars]
South Korea launched its first robotic mission to the Moon last week, as a SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the Danuri Lunar Pathfinder mission on August 4, 2022, from Floridas Cape Canaveral … [+2320 chars]
