New Image of the Helix Nebula Unraveling Into Space
650 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius, the Helix nebula is putting on a show as the star’s dusty outer layers are unraveling into…
650 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius, the Helix nebula is putting on a show as the star’s dusty outer layers are unraveling into…
Pegomastax africanus is a new species of plant-eating dinosaur with tiny, 1-inch-long (2.5-centimeter-long) jaws, which was discovered in South Africa. It thrived during the Lower…
Scottish scientists have proposed to use a giant space-based dust cloud, blasted off an asteroid, to shade the Earth from the sun. Deliberately manipulating the…
In a recently published study, scientists show that the photocurrent generated by a single photosynthetic protein, photosystem I, can be measured using a scanning near-field…
Based on a new analysis of compiled data from ESA’s Venus Express, scientists have uncovered a very chilly layer high in Venus’s atmosphere with temperatures…
A team of scientists has created flexible electronic components that will dissolve inside the body or in water. These components could be used to make…
[Update: Element 113 has been named Nihonium.] The Japanese have claimed that they have been able to create a third atom of element 113, known…
A newly published study from Harvard scientists is the first to link amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) on a molecular level…
An international team of scientists has come up with the experimental design of a space-time crystal based on an electric-field ion trap and the Coulomb…
While examining two outcrops, called “Hottah” and “Link,” NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence that a stream once ran between the north rim of Gale Crater…
Using data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, scientists have been working hard to determine the story behind the enormous troughs that wrap around the giant asteroid…
The advent of the Mira supercomputer, along with more powerful Sequoia and K supercomputers, marks the first time that computers have enough computational power to…
A computer simulation suggests that there are many single stars that were born as two separate suns, which eventually merged into a single star during…
There have been portable X-ray machines for about a century, but most are heavy and large and require as much power as an electric-fired home…
This new full-color XDF image offers an improved portrait of the deepest-ever view of the Universe and contains about 5,500 galaxies. The Hubble Ultra Deep…
Toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, infects about 22.5% of Americans, aged 12 and older. Researchers tested participants for T. gondii…
The Chandra X-ray Observatory has provided evidence that our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas with a radius of…
Located roughly 70 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Coma Berenices, spiral galaxy NGC 4634 is seen in great detail in this new…