The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the Universe ever created, filling in the most significant…
The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers found. Plato, the Greek philosopher who lived in the 5th century B.C.E., believed that the universe…
Phase 2 randomized controlled trial of a recombinant adenovirus type-5-vectored COVID-19 vaccine (Ad5-vectored COVID-19 vaccine) was conducted in China in April 2020 and involved more…
Many exoplanets known today are ‘super-Earths,’ with a radius 1.3 times that of Earth, and ‘mini-Neptunes,’ with 2.4 Earth radii. Mini-Neptunes, which are less dense,…
New battery technology developed at Berkeley Lab could give flight to electric aircraft and supercharge safe, long-range electric cars. In the pursuit of a rechargeable…
Engineers have taken their inspiration from shells and grapefruits to create what they say is the first manufactured non-cuttable material. This new material, which could…
A study conducted by scientists at São Paulo State University’s Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences (IGCE-UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, has identified 19 asteroids…
The Fermilab magnet team has done it again. After setting a world record for an accelerator magnet in 2019, they have broken it a year…
The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed “campfires,” near the surface…
Tulane University researchers are part of a team of scientists who have developed a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam with high…
Look up toward the stars this month, and you just might spot the brightest comet to grace Northern Hemisphere skies in decades. In July 2020,…
The experiment is the first to demonstrate strong topological order for sound stemming from time modulations, paving the way for improvements in ultrasound imaging, sonar,…
Clouds of supercooled atoms offer highly sensitive rotation sensors and tests of quantum mechanics. A new device that relies on flowing clouds of ultracold atoms…
Skygazers across the Northern Hemisphere are being treated to stunning views of comet NEOWISE as it streaks past Earth. Amateur astrophotographer Javier Manteca got a…
A simple model explains a wide range of observations by describing a contest between galaxy halos and their central black holes that eventually turns off…
Observers in the Northern Hemisphere are hoping to catch a glimpse of Comet NEOWISE as it zips through the inner solar system before it speeds…
What is real can seem pretty arbitrary. It’s easy to be fooled by misinformation disguised as news and deep fake videos showing people doing things…
Atacama Cosmology Telescope findings suggest the universe is 13.8 billion years old. From a mountain high in Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers with the National Science…
