A Real ‘Galactic Portal’ – This Is an Actual Hubble Picture, Not CGI
The galaxy NGC 4380 looks like a special effect straight out of a science fiction or fantasy film in this Hubble Picture of the Week,…
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Unique Particles – With Stickiness of Gecko Feet – Formed by Harnessing Chaos
New research from North Carolina State University shows that unique materials with distinct properties akin to those of gecko feet – the ability to stick…
New Study of Species That Mate for Life Shows How Investing in Love and Affection Pays Off
New research from the University of Chicago and University of North Carolina shows how species of birds form long-term bonds to raise their young more…
State-of-the-Art Cameras Reveal Violent Flaring at the Heart of a Black Hole System [Video]
An international team of astronomers, led by the University of Southampton, have used state-of-the-art cameras to create a high frame-rate movie of a growing black…
New Breakthrough for Connecting Future Quantum Computers Into a Global Network
Researchers, led by Delft University of Technology, have made two steps in the conversion of quantum states between signals in the microwave and optical domains….
Physicists Put Einstein to the Test With a Quantum-Mechanical Twin Paradox
Physicists from Ulm University put Einstein to the test — Atomic clock on space-time voyage: a quantum-mechanical twin paradox. Ulm’s most famous son, Albert Einstein,…
Unlocking a 140-Year-Old Secret Mystery in Physics
Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of today’s digital, electronic age, providing us a multitude of devices that benefit our modern life, including computer, smartphones…
The Sun Won’t Become a Black Hole – Here’s Why
Will the Sun become a black hole? No, it’s too small for that! The Sun would need to be about 20 times more massive to…
Polystyrene, a Common Plastic, Degrades Much Faster Than Expected in Sunglight
Polystyrene persists in the environment for millennia, according to some international governmental agencies. This estimate is based on the amount of time required for microbes…
NASA Takes Delivery of X-57 Maxwell – First All-Electric Experimental Aircraft
The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The X-57, NASA’s first all-electric…
NASA ICON Spacecraft Launches on Mission to Explore Frontier of Space
After successfully launching Thursday night, NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) spacecraft is in orbit for a first-of-its-kind mission to study a region of space where…
Honeybees Are Accomplished Mathematicians
Start thinking about numbers and they can become large very quickly. The diameter of the universe is about 8.8×1023 km and the largest number with…
New Material Captures Carbon Dioxide and Efficiently Converts It to Useful Organic Materials
A new material that can selectively capture carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules and efficiently convert them into useful organic materials has been developed by researchers at…
Hubble Snaps Spiral Galaxy’s Profile – From Hydra Constellation, 80 Million Light-Years Away
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope sees galaxies of all shapes, sizes, luminosities and orientations in the cosmos. Sometimes, the telescope gazes at a galaxy oriented sideways — as shown…
Darwin Contradicted: Survival of the Friendliest Bacteria
New microbial research at the University of Copenhagen suggests that ‘survival of the friendliest’ outweighs ‘survival of the fittest’ for groups of bacteria Bacteria make…
Black Holes Stunt Growth of Dwarf Galaxies – Astronomers Surprised by 2,000,000 MPH Winds
UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formation. Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have…
Surprising Secret Ingredients to Clean Up Environment: Liquid Metals
Forget the laboratory, substances that can solve environmental problems by capturing carbon dioxide, decontaminating water and cleaning up pollutants can be easily created in a…
Upside-Down “Rivers” of Warm Ocean Water Attacking Antarctic Ice Shelves [Video]
Newly understood factors make ice shelves more vulnerable to breakup according to College of Wooster, University of Colorado at Boulder study. Upside-down “rivers” of warm…