The IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO), and its partners, Stars Shine for Everyone (Sterren Schitteren voor Iedereen, SSVI) and the University of Leiden, have announced the awardees of the 2022 … [+2187 chars]
Not all stars are happy to just hang around, orbiting the galactic center with all the other stars. Some stars go rogue, punted out across the Milky Way with significant force. These are the runaway … [+3692 chars]
A research team of quantum physicists have worked in collaboration with and partly funded by the UKs Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), to devise novel approaches that not only reduce … [+4982 chars]
A member of the Hefei team in the lab. Courtesy: Zhe Qu A newly fabricated two-dimensional material with the chemical formula Mn2Ga2S5 could find use in spintronics applications thanks to a phenomen… [+2811 chars]
A single chemical could be responsible for whether people go bald or not, a new study has found. In the UK, approximately two thirds of men will face male pattern baldness. The study says the discov… [+1584 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to both dazzle and amaze with its latest image, this time of Galaxy IC 5332, also known as PGC 71775, which is an intermediate spiral galaxy located ap… [+2886 chars]