Orbit retrievals for an exoplanet after 2 and 3 detections Orbit retrievals for an exoplanet after 2 and 3 detections. The top panel demonstrates orbital retrievals using only astrometry, and the p… [+2780 chars]
Monash University scientists have challenged the conventional wisdom that biological patterns are explained by physical constraints. In a study published today in Science, the researchers present th… [+3010 chars]
Astronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning more than a million light years from end to end, the jet shoots away from a black hol… [+3855 chars]
Emission maps of gas cooling Emission maps of gas cooling. Maps on the upper row show the [C ii] line at 158 µm, as well as the [O i] lines at 145 µm and 63 µm, which were observed with Herschel-PA… [+2604 chars]
University of California - Riverside Red medusa found just off the bottom of the deep sea in Alaska. CREDIT Hidden Ocean 2005/NOAA A previously overlooked factor the position of continents helps f… [+4285 chars]
The NASA-built James Webb satellite telescope is mostly used for infrared astronomy. It can study objects that are too early, far away, or dark for the Hubble Orbit Telescope, the largest optical tel… [+1264 chars]
Many mammals have a sweet tooth, but birds lost their sweet receptor during evolution. Although hummingbirds and songbirds independently repurposed their savory receptor to sense sugars, how other bi… [+4298 chars]
Illustration of the Solar System viewed from beyond Neptune, with all eight planets visible around ... [+] the Sun, created on April 14, 2016. (Illustration by Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Ge… [+3405 chars]
Metallic glass is an important advanced alloy, holding promise for broad engineering applications. It appears as a solid form in many aspects, with beautiful metal appearance, exceeding elasticity, h… [+3139 chars]
A spacewalk by a pair of cosmonauts working on the European robotic arm on the International Space Station ended prematurely due to battery power issues. The purpose of the walk by Roscosmos astrona… [+2165 chars]
Recently, a team led by Professor Dong Zhang from the College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, published a research article entitled "Transcriptome analysis reveals the regulatory mecha… [+2938 chars]
In the Sacred Monkey Forest of Bali, food is everywhere and masturbation is rampant. The thousand or so long-tailed macaques that live in this hotbed of hedonism have it really, really good. Every … [+3849 chars]
