The sky at dawn is populated by planets in the middle of the stars at the moment: no less than five aligned. Among them, two will get closer this weekend, until they almost stick together. But before… [+2117 chars]
Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, has been looming close to the sun for billions of years and has conditions impossible to support life. And it is this extreme vicinity to the sun tha… [+2494 chars]
"Somethings strange" is happening in the universe, according to data from NASA's Hubble Telescope. If you didn't know, the universe is constantly expanding, accelerated by "dark energy" that was disc… [+2493 chars]
To enhance the performances of graphene employed as a transparent conductor, a uniquely accessible route is to reduce the sheet resistance by operating a chemical doping. Therefore, it is essential t… [+20237 chars]
NASA's Lucy space probe had a unique perspective of the recent total lunar eclipse on the night of May 15th. Here on Earth, during a total lunar eclipse, the Moon takes on a reddish appearance due t… [+1808 chars]
ByUniversity of St. AndrewsMay 24, 2022Radio image of the neutral hydrogen gas in the galaxy AGC 114905. Its inclination is estimated from the black ellipse, which fits the data better. Assuming the … [+5312 chars]
For over a decade, scientists have attempted to synthesize a new form of carbon called graphyne with limited success. That endeavor is now at an end, though, thanks to new research from the Universit… [+4170 chars]
High up in the canopy of the California redwood forests, the wandering salamander lives, eats and soars. Scientists are marveling at the skydiving amphibians and their ability to effortlessly glide a… [+2173 chars]
Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission. Fission is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, yet Hahn considered something else to be his best sci… [+7449 chars]
Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will depart from the International Space Station on Wednesday for a landing in the western United States. NASA will provide live coverage of the event through NAS… [+1411 chars]
Scientists from two national laboratories used Argonne's Advanced Photon Source to answer a decades-old question. For computer semiconductors and modern communications devices, finding more efficien… [+5111 chars]
Experts believe sharks must have mutated to survive in the acidic environment. Kavachi volcano in the Solomon Islands, which is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean and mo… [+2472 chars]
