Astronomers have detected a cloud of dust the size of a whole star, 330 light-years away. Its cause? A colossal smash-up between two exoplanets that were still just forming. We know this because ast… [+5150 chars]
China's first Mars orbiter is keeping tabs on multiple robots on the Red Planet's surface. The Tianwen 1 orbiter recently captured photos of the Zhurong rover, its partner on the Tianwen 1 Mars miss… [+3341 chars]
The way electrons flow in materials determine its electronic properties. For example, when a voltage is sustained across a conducting material, electrons start flowing, generating an electrical curre… [+4705 chars]
China is considering adding a mission to Venus to its plans for planetary exploration, according to a senior Chinese space official. The country launched its first interplanetary mission, Tianwen 1 … [+1901 chars]
NASA’s Nancy Gracy Roman Space Telescope won’t launch until 2027, and it won’t start operating until some time after that. But that isn’t stopping excited scientists from dreaming about their new toy… [+11889 chars]
Researchers from the Babraham Institute's Epigenetics research programme have been able to learn more about naïve stem cell reprogramming following a genome wide functional screen. Their research, pu… [+4390 chars]
A team of scientists has created a powerful new method for generating protein drugs. Using computers, they designed molecules that can target important proteins in the body, such as the insulin recep… [+2990 chars]
Still image from a Thesan simulation showing the universe 251 million years after the Big Bang. The orange halos represent the burst of radiation, or light, outpouring from early galaxies. Credit: Th… [+5509 chars]
Astronomers have detected a cloud of dust the size of a whole star, 330 light-years away. Its cause? A colossal smash-up between two exoplanets that were still just forming. We know this because ast… [+5150 chars]
An obscure species of wild grass contains “blockbuster” disease resistance that can be cross bred into wheat to give immunity against one of the deadliest crop pathogens.A collaborative international… [+4353 chars]
Astronomers spotted the aftermath of a massive space collision. NASA says the resulting dust cloud was big enough to block the light from its nearby star when it passed in front of it. A group of ast… [+2957 chars]
Removing “hairs” from nanocrystals is an advance toward making them function together electronically, researchers report. You can carry an entire computer in your pocket today because the technologi… [+4539 chars]