Australia’s Role in Sea Level Drop in 2010 – 2011
A newly published study details how three atmospheric patterns came together in 2010 and 2011, driving so much precipitation over Australia that the world’s ocean…
A newly published study details how three atmospheric patterns came together in 2010 and 2011, driving so much precipitation over Australia that the world’s ocean…
A newly published study shows for the first time that if cardiac stem cells are eliminated, the heart is unable to repair itself after damage….
Using the data from several telescopes, astronomers measured the mass and density of a large number of the globulettes found in the Rosetts Nebula, finding…
Scientists from MIT have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet, named Kepler 78b, that orbits its star every 8.5 hours and has estimated surface temperatures as high…
NASA has announced that all attempts to fully restore Kepler have failed and that they are now looking at potential new missions for the space…
This newly released Hubble image shows two spiral galaxies colliding. Astronomical pictures sometimes deceive us with tricks of perspective. Right in the center of this…
This short video is comprised of images taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover as it watched the larger of Mars’ two moons, Phobos, passing in front…
Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector will allow researchers to listen to the Big Bang and to black holes forming throughout the universe….
An international team of astronomers has discovered a magnetar at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers have discovered a magnetar at the center…
In a newly published study, UMD scientists state that Voyager 1 has left our solar system and has entered interstellar space, contradicting recent papers by…
New research from physicists at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf looks at how magnetic fields can cause turbulences within “dead zones,” resulting in the formation of black holes…
Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have identified the majority of the mutational signatures that explain the genetic development and history of cancers in…
Using a device similar to a conventional computer chip, physicists have for the first time successfully teleported information in a so-called solid state system. ETH…
Using data from the Hubble Space telescope, astronomers show that galaxies had “mature” shapes 11.5 billion years ago. Studying the evolution and anatomy of galaxies…
By using hybrid technology that combines two conceptually different approaches, scientists have managed to teleport photonic qubits with extreme reliability. By means of the quantum-mechanical…
Using ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope, researchers have discovered that magnetar SGR 0418+5729 has one of the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe. A team of…
A new study reveals that a giant cloud of superheated gas, which is about 6 million degrees, is likely the result of a collision between…
Using embedded dye molecules in a liquid crystal matrix, an international team of researchers slowed the speed of light to less than one billionth of…