Starting in April, the northern hemisphere will be treated to an alignment of up to five planets and the moon, all visible together. Planetary alignments, especially at this scale, aren’t common and … [+5046 chars]
Researchers from Lund University have presented new findings on how white dwarf stars move. Learning more about white dwarf stars allows astronomers to figure out the evolutionary history of the Milk… [+3498 chars]
Hubble has photographed a massive spiral galaxy that lies about 60 million light-years from Earth. Despite its size, it’s far from the largest celestial object known to astronomers. The photo was c… [+2376 chars]
Hubble has photographed a massive spiral galaxy that lies about 60 million light-years from Earth. Despite its size, it’s far from the largest celestial object known to astronomers. The photo was c… [+2376 chars]
On Scotlands west coast is the Firth of Clyde, a large saltwater inlet home to thousands of harbor porpoisesand one dolphin named Kylie. Kylie hasnt been observed with other common dolphins (Delphin… [+8665 chars]
(NewsNation) Astronomers are researching a new kind mysterious objects deep in outer space. They can’t be seen with the human eye. Still, with the help of a telescope that observes radio wavelength… [+1098 chars]
Shown here being packed up for shipment to its launch site last year, the James Webb Space Telescope was designed to probe the early Universe.Credit: Chris Gunn/NASA Internal NASA documents obtained… [+8941 chars]
The later stages of pregnancy can make life difficult as the fetus presses against the diaphragm, making it hard to breathe. But snakes that constrict their victims before swallowing them whole have … [+4130 chars]
A tiny problem Scientists can grow nanocrystals out of many different materials: metals, semiconductors, and magnets will each yield different properties. But the trouble was that whenever they trie… [+3333 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]
University of Sydney scientists have used the geological record of the deep sea to discover that past global warming has sped up deep ocean circulation. This is one of the missing links for predictin… [+4122 chars]
Chemists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have developed an organic catalyst that can drive reactions using pyruvate a key biomolecule in many metabolic p… [+4029 chars]