Observations of a young binary star system have led astronomers to new insights into how planets might form. In a system with two or more stars, planetary disks are cyclically sloshed about by the co… [+2494 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]
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"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]
Mustelids are the most ecologically and taxonomically diverse family within the order Carnivora. From the tayra in the neotropics to the wolverine in the subarctic, they inhabit a variety of ecologic… [+4867 chars]
These very words may have flown through an undersea cable before reaching your eyeballs. Hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optics crisscross the worlds oceans, shuttling emails, Netflix shows, … [+2433 chars]
We have a glimpse now of NASA's latest vision for its first crewed Mars mission. The agency released (opens in new tab) its top objectives for a 30-day, two-person Mars surface mission on Tuesday (M… [+3141 chars]
Chromosomal evolution and signatures in Oecomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) As mentioned above, there is a large variation in 2n from 54 to 86 and in FNa from 62 to 140 among the Oecomys species, with… [+19766 chars]
The sonification of galaxy cluster Abell 370. The Hubble Telescope of American space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has shared a video on its official Instagram page fro… [+1349 chars]
Artist's impression of a graphene drum detecting nanomotion of a single bacterium. (Courtesy: Irek Roslon, TU Delft) Ultrathin carbon sheets known as graphene drums can pick up vibrations created by… [+2921 chars]
