Debris from the most spectacular comet outburst ever is visible from Earth this month and astronomers hope the observations might shed some light on the puzzling event that brightened up the sky in 2… [+3571 chars]
The galaxy NGC 7727 is full of chaos. Its the byproduct of an explosive galactic merger that began a billion years ago, and its also home to a fateful pair of black holes that are one day predicted… [+1872 chars]
Insects are known to rely on microbial protection during immobile developmental stages, such as eggs. But despite the susceptibility of pupae to antagonistic challenges, the role of microbes in ensur… [+4217 chars]
Kagome’s are a material whose structure is named after a traditional Japanese basket weaving technique. The weaving creates a pattern of hexagons bordered by triangles and vice versa. In Kagome metal… [+2949 chars]
My heart is broken. I received a phone call this past Tuesday (Aug. 9) from Michele Machholz, informing me that her husband Don died early that morning. Donald Edward Machholz, born Oct. 7, 1952 … [+4327 chars]
The Oklahoma gigantic jet of light. (Photo: Chris Holmes) You've probably seen some spectacular bolts of lightning descend from roiling thunder clouds, but did you know that these powerful electrica… [+3828 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]
by Luke Barnes, Miroslav Filipovic, Ray Norris and Velibor Velovi, The ConversationAstronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning mo… [+3888 chars]
Voyager 2 carried out the first close-up observations of Uranus between Nov. 4, 1985, and Feb. 25, 1986, making its closest approach of 50,700 miles above the planets cloud tops on Jan. 24, 1986. It … [+1131 chars]
<li>Ahmedt-Aristizabal, D., Armin, M. A., Denman, S., Fookes, C. & Petersson, L. A survey on graph-based deep learning for computational histopathology. Comput. Med. Imaging Graph.95, 102027 (202… [+1116 chars]
Archaeological treasures, including Stone Age pottery and medieval graves with swords and jewelry, have revealed a long history of human habitation near the Danube River in Germany. At the site, in… [+2835 chars]
Astronomers have captured the sharpest yet image of R136a1, the largest known star. R136a1 is located at a distance of 160,000 light years, in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula, which is in the Large… [+1904 chars]