Astronomers have discovered a new object at the edge of our solar system. The new…
Many microbes have an enzyme that can convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide. This reaction…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft executed its first Asteroid Approach Maneuver (AAM-1) today putting it on course…
A new model is bringing scientists a step closer to understanding the kinds of light…
For one brief shining moment after the 2015 detection of gravitational waves from colliding black…
Mitochondrial disease is now thought to be the second most commonly diagnosed genetic disease worldwide,…
Using data from ESA’s Gaia stellar surveyor, astronomers have identified four stars that are possible…
When a coastal tide rolls out, it can reveal beautiful ripples in the temporarily exposed…
This glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies towards the…
After decades of conflicting evidence and numerous publications, scientists at international conservation charity ZSL’s Institute…
Ultra-faint, dwarf galaxies are the smallest, most dark matter dominated, and least chemically enriched stellar…
NASA has awarded a contract extension to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge, Massachusetts,…
Clouds in a Jovian jet stream, called Jet N5, swirl in the center of this…
Arctic sea ice likely reached its 2018 lowest extent on September 19 and again on…
The research team of Prof. Massimiliano Esposito of the University of Luxembourg studied the thermodynamics…
A new species of giant dinosaur has been found in South Africa’s Free State Province.…
Every skin cell on the human body is replaced weekly, with stem cells generating billions…
Researchers have found white dwarf stars with masses close to the maximum stable mass (called…