Scientists Reveal Diamond Cache Deep in Earth’s Interior
New study shows that 1–2 percent of Earth’s oldest mantle rocks are made from diamond. There may be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond…
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Astronomers Record The First Microlensing Event Only Detected By Spitzer
VERITAS Confirms Neutrino Emission from Vicinity of Blazar TXS 0506+056
Hubble Image of the Week – Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1336 0331
Juno Data Indicate Another Possible Volcano on Jupiter Moon Io
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views ‘Spiders’ from Mars
New Hubble and Gaia Data Fuel Cosmic Conundrum
Astronomers Team Up to Reveal Rare Double Asteroid 2017 YES
Astronomers Trace Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole
Astronomers Unravel Long-Standing Cosmic Mystery
Astronomers and physicists around the world, including in Hawaii, have begun to unravel a long-standing cosmic mystery. Using a vast array of telescopes in space…
Gravitational Waves May Reveal How Fast Our Universe is Expanding
Since it first exploded into existence 13.8 billion years ago, the universe has been expanding, dragging along with it hundreds of billions of galaxies and…
New Genetic Study Links Stem Cell Mutations to Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is characterized by a dangerous buildup of pressure on the brain caused by excessive amounts of fluid. Researchers have long believed that the condition,…
Engineers Create Sustainable Concrete That Reduces Energy Demand, Greenhouse Emissions
Washington State University researchers have created a sustainable alternative to traditional concrete using coal fly ash, a waste product of coal-based electricity generation. The advance…
New Discovery Suggests Humans Left Africa Earlier Than Previously Thought
Ancient tools and bones discovered in China by archaeologists suggest early humans left Africa and arrived in Asia earlier than previously thought. The artefacts show…
Webb Telescope Will Inspect Atmospheres of Gas Giant Exoplanets
In April 2018, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Its main goal is to locate Earth-sized planets and larger “super-Earths” orbiting nearby stars…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope Shows Star Cluster RCW 38 In All Its Glory
New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope show the star cluster RCW 38 in all its glory. This image was taken during testing of the…
Scientists Determine Detailed Chemical Abundances of Star Ross 128
Last autumn, the world was excited by the discovery of an exoplanet called Ross 128 b, which is just 11 light years away from Earth….
MIT Engineered Nanoparticles Boost Immune Cells
Programming the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells has had promising results for treating blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. This tactic has…