The universe is always expanding. Scientists have believed that for decades. However, determining the universe’s expansion rate has been difficult for scientists. We may have finally found a way to d… [+1987 chars]
A new image produced by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details of Stephan's Quintet, the very first compact galaxy group ever discovered that was featured in the 1946 film "It's a Wonderf… [+8048 chars]
Scientists have discovered the remarkable impact of reversing a standard method for combatting a key obstacle to producing fusion energy on Earth. Theorists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) P… [+4377 chars]
The discovery of a Neptune-sized exoplanet in orbit around a hot and bright giant star may help explain why the discovery of such worlds is rare. Researchers from the University of California, Berk… [+6326 chars]
ByCORDISAugust 19, 2022 How do we know that time exists? Our entire lives are regulated by clocks, but what they measure is less certain. How can we be sure that time actually exists? Its time to t… [+4232 chars]
Tiny fragments of rock brought back from an asteroid in near-Earth solar orbit are so old, they predate the Solar System. A new analysis of samples of asteroid Ryugu has revealed the presence of min… [+3557 chars]
ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryAugust 19, 2022 This artists rendering shows NASAs Voyager spacecraft. On the boom to the right, the Cosmic Ray Science instrument, Low Energy Charged Particle detector, t… [+12743 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]
In 2019 the Event Horizon Telescope gave us our first direct image of a black hole. It was a powerful image, but not one with much detail. It looks like a blurry orange donut. To be fair, the real me… [+3215 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]
Enlarge/ The story of a conquest: The fruiting body of a parasitic fungus erupts from the body of its victim. 28 with 22 posters participating The striking photograph above vividly captures the sp… [+4938 chars]
NASA is going back to the Moon, but first the space agency needs to decide where its going to park. On Friday, it revealed 13 candidate landing regions near the Moons south pole for the upcoming Arte… [+3708 chars]