This LASCO C2 image, taken 8 January 2002, shows a widely spreading coronal mass ejection (CME) as ... [+] it blasts more than a billion tons of matter out into space at millions of kilometers per ho… [+2780 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… [+4967 chars]
At a time when astronomers around the world are reveling in new views of the distant cosmos, an experiment on the International Space Station has given Cornell researchers fresh insight into somethin… [+5791 chars]
The first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope have shined a light on how stars form, galaxies merge and the early days of the universe. It has been a month since the first photos from … [+6409 chars]
Researchers have reported the discovery of a Neptune-sized planet, designated as HD 56414 b, in orbit around an A-type star. The discovery provides hints on why so few exoplanets have been discovered… [+3214 chars]
Purdue University researchers have unlocked a new frontier in quantum science and technology by using photons and electron spin qubits to regulate nuclear spins in a two-dimensional material. Using … [+5040 chars]
Michael Egnor has noted that the famous philosopher René Descartes (15961650) thought that animals were biological machines that did not have minds at all. Many arguments can be mustered against that… [+5344 chars]
NASA didn’t get everything it wanted from the InSight Mars lander, but the mission still pioneered new types of science on the red planet. The mission is now in the rearview mirror, but planetary sci… [+2441 chars]
Stunning new images created by Keele researchers highlight the turbulent flow of energy inside distant stars. They were created using the 3D simulation software "PROMPI", which scientists have been … [+2771 chars]
Last year, NASA achieved something science fiction writers have been dreaming about for decades: It created oxygen on Mars. A microwave-size device attached to the agency’s Perseverance rover convert… [+2898 chars]
Astronomers have photographed a violent cosmic dance that began between two galaxies a billion years ago, pulling them into a collision that birthed a new chaotic galaxy. At the heart of that giant… [+3731 chars]
Scientists have confirmed that last year, for the first time in the lab, they achieved a fusion reaction that self-perpetuates (instead of fizzling out) bringing us closer to replicating the chemical… [+3535 chars]
