Astronomers Discover Mysterious Object in Our “Galactic Backyard” – Unlike Anything Seen Before
A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it’s…
A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it’s…
Negative labels influence consumer perception of food, study finds. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a chocolate chip cookie labeled…
In spring 2018, Dr. Philip Matthews spent a typical afternoon capturing dragonflies in the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) experimental ponds. Little did the zoologist…
Plastic consumer products contain chemicals that may promote the development of overweight and obesity. It may sound strange, but chemicals in plastic may make the…
Ice action seems responsible for ancient erosion of rock across the planet. New research provides further evidence that rocks representing up to a billion years…
The Violent Star Eta Carinae Model Is Based On Multiwavelength Observations It was once one of the brightest stars in the heavens, easily visible to…
Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found that four COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, J&J/Janssen, and Novavax) prompt the body to make effective,…
Crystal-clear images of meandering bipolar stellar jets from young stars captured with adaptive optics. Sinuous stellar jets meander lazily across a field of stars in…
A group of genes that play an essential role in building components of our cells can also impact human lifespan, finds a new study led…
Two blood proteins have been shown by scientists to influence how long and healthy a life we live, research suggests. Developing drugs that target these…
NASA scientists have been closely watching the evolution of the volcanic island near Tonga since 2015. When a volcano in the South Pacific Kingdom of…
Findings explain how mutations in the protein allow the omicron variant of the pandemic coronavirus to evade antibodies against previous variants yet remain so infectious….
AI system is “trained” to read conventional retinal scans for signs of heart disease The system — which has 70% to 80% accuracy — predicts…
The origin of water on our planet is a hot question: Water has immense implications for plate tectonics, climate, the origin of life on Earth,…
OHSU laboratory research compares routes to immunity involving vaccination. New laboratory research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals more than one path toward robust…
The discovery: Water vapor in the atmosphere of planet TOI-674 b. Key facts: This recently discovered planet, a bit bigger than Neptune and orbiting a…
The discovery, one of the only confirmed intermediate-mass black holes, lives in an equally rare object known as a low-mass, stripped nucleus. Astronomers discovered a…
Today, at 2 p.m. EST, Webb fired its onboard thrusters for nearly five minutes (297 seconds) to complete the final postlaunch course correction to Webb’s…