Hubble's still got it. A Star Is Born NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may be quite a bit older than its groundbreaking successor, but as an incredible new image of the Orion Nebula goes to show, it's… [+1656 chars]
It is common for young animals, in particular mammals, to play. Researchers at Linköping University (LiU) in Sweden have for the first time mapped the development of play in young chickens. The resul… [+2928 chars]
Trojan asteroids are space rocks that are locked into orbit near larger space objects such as planets. Two trojan asteroids are known to be orbiting near Earth, with one called 2020 XL5 having been c… [+1483 chars]
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging characterization of our synthesized MOF nanoparticles revealed that the nearly spherical constituent nanoparticles were~70110 nm in diameter, and the overal… [+12600 chars]
Photo: Titanosaurus, by Peter E., via Flickr (cropped). How big can animals get on a given planet? Michael Denton has made a compelling case that given a habitable planet the size of Earth, humans m… [+7745 chars]
The sun could be sending a storm to Earth over the next few days. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), our fiery star spit out a series of bursts on Sunday that ar… [+2498 chars]
<li>Mauro, J. C., Philip, C. S., Vaughn, D. J. & Pambianchi, M. S. Glass science in the United States: Current status and future directions. Int. J. Appl. Glass Sci.5, 215 (2014). Article Goog… [+12204 chars]
The doomed SOFIA observatory has made an earlier-than-planned return from New Zealand as the Boeing 747-based platform prepares to enter its final month of operations. The Stratospheric Observatory … [+2033 chars]
When flying to the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) base, the primary impression is one of a vast wasteland below. The reddish expanse of dirt and rock looks featureless and bleak, but in fact holds many … [+7603 chars]
A newly remastered image of the black hole at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) peels back the layers of the black hole to reveal photons flung around by the object's tremendous gravitational … [+4536 chars]
She was dead tired but couldnt sleep, couldnt think straight, and could barely walk. The muscle pain in her arms and legs was so bad that she spent days in bed. When she did get up, she used a wheelc… [+2872 chars]
Voyager 2, was the first of two twin probes NASA sent to investigate the outer planets of our solar system. The probe was launched aboard a Titan IIIE-Centaur from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Compl… [+7865 chars]
