What if our universe had a twin that runs backward in time? As absurd as this sounds, scientists believe the existence of such a universe could explain a lot of mysteries about the universe. The the… [+2054 chars]
NASA’s Perseverance rover is taking a road trip across Mars, heading for a new and exciting location. The aim is for the rover to travel faster than previous rovers, making use of its self-driving sy… [+2357 chars]
Nearly 15 years after the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), the origin of the millisecond-long, deep-space cosmic explosions remains a mystery.That may soon change, thanks to the work of an inte… [+4291 chars]
Gravitational waves are notoriously difficult to detect. Although modern optical astronomy has been around for centuries, gravitational wave astronomy has only been around since 2015. Even now our ab… [+3448 chars]
An investigation into how human nerve cells differ from animal cells has provided researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS) with important clues in t… [+4079 chars]
Two new studies of a solution to the paradox titled "Quantum hair and black hole information" and "Quantum Hair from Gravity" have been published in the journals Physics Letters B and Physical Review… [+2035 chars]
Astronomers have detected at least three small stars masquerading as exoplanets, new research shows. The three, possibly four, stars were originally discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope . A… [+4364 chars]
One of the biggest obstacles facing NASA’s goal of putting humans on Mars is providing much-needed consumables like water, oxygen, and food. The current goal is to find ways to produce these items on… [+3178 chars]
There are at least 20 solid forms of ice known to us. Recently, UNLV scientists have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of water at high pressures. Scientists devised a new meth… [+2528 chars]
Though scientists know there’s a supermassive black hole at the center of most galaxies, they can’t explain how the gravitational giants formed. But physicists Hooman Davoudiasl, Peter Denton, an… [+2657 chars]
Albert Einstein didnt plan to donate his brain to science. In fact, he requested his entire body be cremated and the ashes scattered secretly. But when the theoretical physicist died on April 18, 195… [+14947 chars]
Most life on Earth can be broadly split into oxygen consumers and oxygen producers. This delicate balance of givers and takers keeps the concentration of oxygen in our planet's atmosphere around 21 … [+3820 chars]