UCSC Study Details the Destruction of a Star as It Falls into a Black Hole
A newly published study details what happens during the destruction of a star as it falls into a black hole, explaining why observers might fail…
A newly published study details what happens during the destruction of a star as it falls into a black hole, explaining why observers might fail…
A team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to measure the average motion of hundreds of individual stars over a seven-year period, revealing for…
This newly released Cassini image shows a series of geologically fresh fractures on the surface of Dione. Although the crack-like features seen here on Dione’s…
Astronomers have discovered a pulsar that is moving between 2.5 million and 5 million miles per hour with a tail that stretches for 37 light…
First released in 2009, this Hubble image of the day shows Stephan’s Quintet, also known as the Hickson Compact Group 92. A clash among members…
While studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Stanford researchers discovered that crude oil interrupts a cellular pathway that allows fish heart cells…
Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed graphene membrane water filters that offer precise and fast sieving of salts and organic molecules. Graphene has…
Astrophysicists re-create and explain nearly all the components seen in the X-ray spectra of stellar-mass black holes. Black holes may be dark, but the areas…
Yale researchers find new hope for safe and novel painkillers from the venom of the Peruvian green velvet tarantula. Screening more than 100 spider toxins,…
Using a microemulsion technique, researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses silicon nanoparticles clustered like pomegranate…
A new theoretical paper from researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics finds there is a way in principle to make a black hole with…
This newly released Hubble image shows luminous infrared galaxy MCG-03-04-014. The dominating figure in the middle of this new Hubble image is a galaxy…
Using advanced electron diffraction techniques, researchers obtained direct experimental evidence of the subtle changes in electron orbitals by comparing an unaltered, non-superconducting material with its…
A new study from Rice University shows that carbon nanotube fibers have a greater capacity to carry electrical current than traditional copper cables of the…
Newly published research uses IBEX data to paint a better picture of the magnetic system that surrounds us, offering an explanation for a decades-old mystery…
Lunar rock samples reveal evidence of a huge meteorite strike 4.2 billion years ago. A WA geologist analyzing lunar rock samples collected during the Apollo…
Using a superfluid atomtronic circuit, physicists have observed hysteresis in an ultracold atomic gas for the first time. Atomtronics is an emerging technology whereby physicists…
Astronomers have discovered an unexpected chemical change in the transition zone between the infalling envelope and the gas disk around young protostar L1527. The international…