Astrophysicists Wear 3D Glasses to Watch Quasars and Study Active Galactic Nuclei
A team of scientists from Russia and Greece has shown a way to determine the origins and nature of quasar light by its polarization. The…
A team of scientists from Russia and Greece has shown a way to determine the origins and nature of quasar light by its polarization. The…
Astronomers working on ‘first light’ results from a newly commissioned telescope in Chile made a chance discovery that led to the identification of a rare…
The European Space Agency (ESA) has backed the creation of this flexible, ultra-thin solar cell to deliver the best power-to-mass ratio for space missions. Just…
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space observatories, along with radio telescopes on ground, have spotted the aftermath of the most powerful explosion…
It is already hard to believe that there is ice on Mercury, where daytime temperatures reach 400 degrees Celsius, or 750 degrees Fahrenheit. Now an…
Permanent magnets akin to those used on refrigerators could speed the development of fusion energy – the same energy produced by the sun and stars….
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO New data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal the decline of…
Scientists Find Earth and Moon Not Identical Oxygen Twins Scientists at The University of New Mexico (UNM) have found that the Earth and Moon have…
Arrival delayed! Water, carbon, and nitrogen were not immediately supplied to Earth. Spearheaded by earth scientists of the University of Cologne, an international team of…
A UNIGE researcher has solved a scientific controversy about the speed of the expansion of the universe by suggesting that it is not totally homogeneous…
The subject of this Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, a spiral galaxy named NGC 1589, was once the scene of a violent bout…
As more COVID-19 cases appear in the United States and around the world, the need for fast, easy-to-use diagnostic tests is becoming ever more pressing….
Feasting Behavior of Brainless Organisms Shows Astronomers Where to Point the Hubble Telescope A simple single-cell organism that may be growing on your lawn is…
Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virus. Between 2015 and 2016, Brazil suffered from an…
New technology poised to drastically reduce weight, complexity and cost of cameras while increasing functionality. Using a single lens that is about one-thousandth of an…
According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in the 1990s – currently on track with the Intergovernmental…
This updated catalog of trans-Neptunian objects and the methods used to find them could aid in future searches for undiscovered planets in the far reaches…
They are among the most recognizable dinosaurs … now paleontologists have discovered that stegosaurs left a lasting impression on a Scottish island. Around 50 newly…