Caffeine is well-known for its ability to help people stay alert, but a team of…
The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History is having a gold rush — one in…
This dramatic infrared image shows the nearby star formation region Monoceros R2, located some 2700…
Scientists have identified several genes that when mutated can cause children to be born with…
A serum developed by Yale researchers reduces infection from malaria in mice, according to a…
A “core-collapse” supernova occurs when the iron core of a massive star collapses under the…
New result draws on 30 years of research and development and begins the definitive search…
Planets orbiting “short-period” binary stars, or stars locked in close orbital embrace, can be ejected…
In dark alleys of the Pacific and Indian oceans, new research shows some of the…
Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized by the IAU in…
Thunderstorms in Earth’s upper atmosphere remain something of a mystery. Scientists cannot reach them directly…
On a mission to detect planets outside of our solar system, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
A biologically inspired membrane intended to cleanse carbon dioxide almost completely from the smoke of…
A well-known experiment with young people bouncing a ball showed that when an observer focuses…
The SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile allows astronomers to suppress…
Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute…
“Sunrise crashes an aurora party over the southern hemisphere,” said astronaut Ricky Arnold of the…
Searching the entire genome, a Yale research team has identified a gene that when eliminated…