MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey Confirms Puzzling Result
The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, and its stars are arguably its most momentous handiwork. Astronomers studying the intricacies of star formation across…
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Scientists Solve Long Standing Mystery: The Length of a Day on Saturn
Using new data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, researchers believe they have solved a longstanding mystery of solar system science: the length of a day on…
Hypernova Observations Reveal the Death of the Massive Stars
The end of a star’s life can occur in a tranquil manner in the case of low mass stars, such as the Sun. This is…
Astronomers Reveal New Way Supermassive Black Holes Are “Fed”
Supermassive black holes weigh millions to billions times more than our sun and lie at the center of most galaxies. A supermassive black hole several…
New Drug Combo Shows Promise for Treatment of Depression and Addiction
The combination of naltrexone and ketamine can help treat both symptoms of addiction and depression, a preliminary study by Yale University researchers suggests. Substance abuse…
TESS Discovers Its Third Small Planet Outside Our Solar System
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered a third small planet outside our solar system, scientists announced this week at the annual American Astronomical…
Scientists Find Evidence That Dark Matter Can Be Heated Up and Moved
Scientists have found evidence that dark matter can be heated up and moved around, as a result of star formation in galaxies. The findings provide…
Astrophysicists Predict Milky Way is Headed For Catastrophic Collision
New research led by astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, predicts that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) could hit the Milky Way in two billion years’…
Drinkable Cocktail Interferes with Alzheimer’s and Restores Memories
Yale researchers have identified a drinkable cocktail of designer molecules that interferes with a crucial first step of Alzheimer’s and even restores memories in mice,…
Hubble Image of the Week – The Smoking Gun of a Newborn Star
In this image the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the smoking gun of a newborn star, the Herbig–Haro objects numbered 7 to 11 (HH…
Sugar Targets Microbe Linked to Lean and Healthy People
Sugar can silence a key protein required for colonization by a gut bacterium associated with lean and healthy individuals, according to a new Yale study…
NASA Reveals Saturn Is Losing Its Rings At Maximum Estimated Rate
New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate estimated from Voyager 1 & 2 observations made decades ago….
Astronomers Discover Most-Distant Object Ever Observed In Our Solar System
A team of astronomers has discovered the most-distant body ever observed in our Solar System. It is the first known Solar System object that has…
Researchers Use Gelatin to Make Powerful New Hydrogen Fuel Catalyst
A cheap and effective new catalyst developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, can generate hydrogen fuel from water just as efficiently as…
Genomic Analysis Reveals Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases
The most comprehensive genomic analysis of the human brain ever undertaken has revealed new insights into the changes it undergoes through development, how it varies…
Hubble Discovers Fast Evaporating Warm Neptune Exoplanet GJ 3470b
Fishermen would be puzzled if they netted only big and little fish, but few medium-sized fish. Astronomers likewise have been perplexed in conducting a census…
Physicists Create Tiny Droplets of Early Universe Matter
Researchers have created tiny droplets of the ultra-hot matter that once filled the early universe, forming three distinct shapes and sizes: circles, ellipses and triangles….
“Sun in a box” Stores Renewable Energy & Delivers It on Demand
MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that…