Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs observed to date by gravitational waves also seemed to merge on a non-circular orbit. Their suggest… [+6703 chars]
NASA says it is considering studying sex in space, as it is 'crucial' for future long-haul missions to the Moon and Mars, that could see astronauts away from Earth for years. This was said in respon… [+12526 chars]
<li>Wang, Z. et al. Evidence of high-temperature exciton condensation in two-dimensional atomic double layers. Nature574, 7680 (2019). ADS CAS Google Scholar </li><li>Wang, J. et al. Optical … [+8991 chars]
Digital Elevation Model showing an impact crater beneath the ice sheet of Greenland. Kjæer et al. 2018/Science Advances Danish and Swedish researchers have dated the enormous Hiawatha impact crater… [+3818 chars]
A herd of antelope feeds peacefully on a meadow. Suddenly, a lion shows up, and the herd flees. But how do they manage to do so collectively? Konstanz physicist Chun-Jen Chen and Professor Clemens Be… [+4446 chars]
NASA's Psyche mission, which will investigate one of the most metal-rich asteroids ever observed, 16 Psyche, is edging ever nearer to liftoff. The Psyche spacecraft just had its twin solar arrays in… [+3065 chars]
Play of shadows in space causes a great many effects. The celestial bodies come between a star and another planet and cast their shadow on the latter. We are very well familiar with this play here on… [+1028 chars]
Having never evolved wings, many species of spider instead evolved an uncanny ability to take to the skies using nothing more than a few short threads of gossamer dangling from their dainty butts. J… [+3535 chars]
A new study suggests that climate change can also affect dead animals. 183 million years ago, rising global temperatures and rapid climate change may have caused fossilization conditions in the ocean… [+3623 chars]
A team led by scientists at the University of Birmingham has come a step closer to uncovering the purpose of a distinctive set of modifications found at the beginning of messenger RNA which have long… [+3900 chars]
Newswise — Researchers announced today that they have imaged the exciton’s electron and hole to produce the first full picture of this elusive quasiparticle, and showed how excitons can be trapped in… [+6437 chars]
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