The molecular evolution of placental protein NRK and its function in regulating placental growth has finally been clarified by researchers from Tokyo Tech. They elucidated that eutherian NRK regulate… [+4885 chars]
Two huge black holes are locked together by gravity as they inevitably spiral towards a collision, researchers have found in a new study. Researchers in a new study have spotted two supermassive bla… [+3694 chars]
A 2020 study proposed that this system contained what would have been the closest black hole to Earth - in a three-way marriage with one star orbiting near the black hole and the other orbiting far a… [+1887 chars]
Noah rode out his flood in an ark. Winnie-the-Pooh had an upside-down umbrella. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), meanwhile, form floating rafts made up of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of in… [+5291 chars]
Many coronal loops — ropey strands of plasma that scientists have long thought existed in the Sun’s atmosphere — may actually be optical illusions, according to a new paper that challenges prevailing… [+7260 chars]
This period is the most enigmatic time in Earth history, said Jun Korenaga, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Yale and co-author of a new study in the journal Nature. Were presenting the… [+2992 chars]
Grains of sand on a beach can tell us more than you might think about the history of the planet, new research reveals something to think about the next time you're heading to the coast for a swim or … [+3234 chars]
On Feb. 4, 2022, SpaceX launched 49 satellites as part of Elon Musks Starlink internet project, most of which burned up in the atmosphere days later. The cause of this more than US$50 million failure… [+7731 chars]
Researchers at Yale and Caltech have a bold new theory to explain how Earth transformed itself from a fiery, carbon-clouded ball of rocks into a planet capable of sustaining life. The theory covers … [+3625 chars]
A "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" is due to cross the Earth's orbit on the evening of March 4th, 2022 with a velocity of 12.017 km/s. The asteroid named, "2001 CB21" has been classified by NASA JPL … [+1212 chars]
Astronomers have discovered a lot of exoplanets until now. Now that so many exoplanets have been identified, scientists are studying their formation and habitability. To determine their potential of… [+2986 chars]
Astronomers have gotten a good look at what happens when a "vampire" star sucks the outer layers of material from a companion star, stripping its "bitten" victim down to a mere stellar core. <ul><l… [+3112 chars]
