Astronomers Study Enduring ‘Radio Rebound’ from Gamma-Ray Burst 161219B
In the blink of an eye, a massive star more than 2 billion light-years away lost a million-year-long fight against gravity and collapsed, triggering a…
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Proposal for Powerful Particle Collider Gets National Academies’ Go-Ahead
The case for an ambitious new particle accelerator to be built in the United States has just gotten a major boost. Today, the National Academies…
Further Evidence That Outskirts of Spiral Galaxies Host Massive Black Holes
Findings from a Rochester Institute of Technology study provide further evidence that the outskirts of spiral galaxies host massive black holes. These overlooked regions are…
Physicists Propose Possible Death of the Universe Scenario
Professor Odintsov comments, “Possible future singularity was studied within the modified theory of gravity with the use of dynamical system variables. We showed that a…
Scientists Discover a New Species of Venomous Snake in Australia
Researchers at Swansea University’s College of Science are part of an international team that has discovered a new species of venomous snake in Australia. The…
Radar Probe Reveals Huge Reservoir of Liquid Water Under Mars’ Surface
Using radar to probe the polar ice caps of Mars, scientists have detected an underground reservoir of liquid that may be saltwater and that extends…
Scientists Create Smallest Robots Yet That Can Sense Their Environment
Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest robots yet that can sense their environment, store data, and even carry out computational tasks….
Is the Soil on Mars Too Dry to Sustain Life?
Life as we know it needs water to thrive. Even so, we see life persist in the driest environments on Earth. But how dry is…
Scientists Reveal Diamond Cache Deep in Earth’s Interior
New study shows that 1–2 percent of Earth’s oldest mantle rocks are made from diamond. There may be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond…
VERITAS Confirms Neutrino Emission from Vicinity of Blazar TXS 0506+056
The VERITAS array has confirmed the detection of gamma rays from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole. While these detections are relatively common for…
New Hubble and Gaia Data Fuel Cosmic Conundrum
Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe’s expansion rate. The results…
New Genetic Study Links Stem Cell Mutations to Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is characterized by a dangerous buildup of pressure on the brain caused by excessive amounts of fluid. Researchers have long believed that the condition,…
MIT Engineered Nanoparticles Boost Immune Cells
Programming the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells has had promising results for treating blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. This tactic has…
Scientists See the Inner Workings of the Enzyme Telomerase for the First Time
Cancer, aging-related diseases and other illnesses are closely tied to an important enzyme called “telomerase.” UCLA researchers report in the journal Cell the deepest scientific…
Listen to the Sound of Plasma Waves Moving Between Saturn and Enceladus
New research from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft’s up-close Grand Finale orbits shows a surprisingly powerful and dynamic interaction of plasma waves moving from Saturn to its…
Astronomers Determine What Powers the Most Luminous Galaxies
Galaxy-galaxy interactions have long been known to influence galaxy evolution. They are commonplace events, and a large majority of galaxies show signs of interactions, including…
Astronomers Directly Image a Black Hole Ripping Apart a Star
For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the formation and expansion of a fast-moving jet of material ejected when the powerful gravity of a…
Scientists Reveal the Source of a Mysterious Martian Rock Formation
Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a new…