Swirling like some cosmic watercolor painting, behold this breathtaking new image of the Orion Nebula recently captured by a venerable space telescope. This dreamy Hubble Space Telescope photo is a … [+2558 chars]
The Sun is getting more and more active day by day as it reaches the peak of its 11-year solar cycle while unleashing more volatile solar flares and CMEs. Recently, space agencies warned that a stron… [+1971 chars]
Engineers are testing a system designed to destroy NASA's massive Space Launch System moon rocket in case of problems with its impending launch. Last week, NASA worked to certify the critical flight… [+2310 chars]
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On May 14, 2018, a tempest straight from The Twilight Zone rained over Oklahoma. Rather than scatter the Earth with jagged lightning bolts, the shrouds of dense clouds powering this storm spit one … [+4569 chars]
The enormous star known as Betelgeuse has been a target of study since the early days of astronomy. As one of the brightest objects in the sky, it’s visible even without a telescope. But in 2019, it … [+2553 chars]
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A bacterial species closely related to deadly citrus greening disease is rapidly evolving its ability to infect insect hosts, and possibly plants as well. The newly identified species belongs to Lib… [+3709 chars]
In this roundtable discussion show, we tackle preprints and their impact on science. Your browser does not support the audio element. In this first episode of Nature's Take, we get four of Nature's… [+802 chars]
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have discovered that spider silk proteins can be fused to biologically active proteins and be conver… [+3481 chars]
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]
Longer life: the new analysis technique could help extend the lives of some nuclear power plants. (Courtesy: iStock/RelaxFoto.de) Material defects caused by radiation damage can be characterized by … [+3230 chars]
