A black hole is usually where information goes to disappearbut scientists may have found a trick to use its last moments to tell us about the history of the universe. In a new study, two astrophysic… [+5135 chars]
NASA will test new science equipment for future missions with a sounding rocket launch August 22 from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Sporadic-E ElectroDynamics Demonstration mission, o… [+3859 chars]
The age of dinosaurs lasted 165 million years, but that changed one fateful spring day 66 million years ago. Scientists have long known that a large object smacked into the region we now know as the … [+2330 chars]
Buy This Book At: If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism.Learn more. The rise of powerful new technology means that humanity mu… [+3665 chars]
The dazzling beauty of a snowflake is testament to the amazing shapes water can form below freezing point. Placed under pressure, the elegant dance of the H2O molecule contorts into something bizarr… [+3847 chars]
For the James Webb Space Telescope, the milestones have been one after another. A little more than a month since this trailblazing instrument left humanity in awe following the release of its first i… [+6717 chars]
Space, the final frontier. But as any good frontiersman knows, you can’t explore on an empty stomach. Eventually, then, we will have to grow food in space for astronauts to dine on — but what should … [+5668 chars]
Astronomers frequently observe carbon monoxide in planetary nurseries. The compound is ultra-bright and extremely common in protoplanetary disksregions of dust and gas where planets form around young… [+4224 chars]
How did the universe come to be? The prevailing theory is everything that is began with the Big Bang. In a nutshell, the theory suggests everything, everywhere, all at once suddenly burst to life. Th… [+6599 chars]
Scientists say that their attempts to find exoplanets that could host life — basically, another Earth — could be obscured by what they refer to as planetary “photobombers,” which could dramatically a… [+3836 chars]
China is building the world's largest array of telescopes dedicated to studying the sun with the aim to improve the understanding of coronal mass ejections which can cause chaos on and above Earth. … [+2232 chars]
Astronomers frequently observe carbon monoxide in planetary nurseries. The compound is ultra-bright and extremely common in protoplanetary disksregions of dust and gas where planets form around young… [+4224 chars]
