To put it simply, the universe's most massive known star is less massive than scientists once believed. But even docked a few levels, this staggering ball of gas is still the universe's most massive … [+5420 chars]
Scientists so far believed that the reptile population explosion was due to the extinction of their competitors. However, this new study led by Harvard University indicates that extreme climate chang… [+2877 chars]
The Danuri robotic probe is currently heading towards the Sun to take advantage of the stars massive gravity and propel itself towards its final destination: the Moon. This is the first Korean missio… [+8119 chars]
The Earth's axial rotation on June 29, 2022, which was completed at a record rate, shortened the day's length by 1.59 milliseconds. According to reports, this new record may signal the celestial bo… [+4891 chars]
SOON, ASTRONOMERS peering into the deep skies could get a tad luckier in identifying the yet undiscovered exomoons – a moon which revolves around distant stars. Two researchers from the Indian Instit… [+1697 chars]
The origin of Phobos and Deimos, the two Martian moons, has been a mystery to astronomers. These two bodies are a fraction of the size and mass of the Moon, measuring just 22.7 km (14 mi) and 12.6 km… [+8077 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]
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this glittering image of the globular cluster NGC 6540 in the Sagittarius constellation. The image was taken with Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced… [+2045 chars]
our solar system It has eight planets, plus a few dwarf planets, such as Pluto where Ceres. But we often forget to consider that they are not traveling alone in their constant race around Sun. Most o… [+2802 chars]
The James Webb Telescope is looking closer to home after capturing stunning phenomena from the edge of time itself. The world's most powerful spacecraft has captured Jupiter like never seen before. T… [+2675 chars]
Evolution of longitudinal division and multicellularity in oral bacteria Likely to survive in the oral cavity, bacteria evolved to divide along their longitudinal axis without parting from one anoth… [+3913 chars]
NASA has selected four mission concepts for additional research in the latest round of its astrophysics program, but budget constraints may cause some mission delays. NASA announced on August 18 tha… [+2778 chars]
