NASA’s newly launched Roman Space Telescope will ‘directly’ image exoplanets. But what does that mean?
A brand new observatory began its tenure on Aug. 30 — it’s called the Nancy Grace Roman Space…
NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have…
Underwater sensors caught a rare event off Cornwall: one porpoise became trapped in a net while two animals exchanged possible distress calls
Bycatch, the accidental capture of animals in fishing gear is considered the world’s greatest direct human-caused threat to…
Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago
Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) radio telescope, astronomers have watched as two stars come together to…
‘Totally reliant on Mother Nature’: UK drought raises water security fears | Business and Economy News
London, United Kingdom – In a wheat field near High Wycombe in the rolling English countryside, Alex Nelms…
On this day in space! Sept. 9, 1982: The 1st private rocket Conestoga 1 launches from Texas ranch
On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket launched from a Texas cattle ranch. The Conestoga 1 rocket…
Black holes ring like bells, and the sound could reveal hidden physics
Black hole ringdowns could reveal signs of surrounding matter or new physics, giving scientists a new way to…
Studio City coyote with extremely swollen face euthanized
Wildlife veterinarians euthanized a coyote with a badly swollen face that was seen roaming through a Studio City…
Scientists learn how tobacco plants make nicotine: could lead to new low-nicotine strains
Researchers have completed a four-enzyme pathway that explains how tobacco plants assemble nicotine from two chemical building blocks,…
Ottawa ends NunatuKavut bid for Indigenous rights recognition, NCC says
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…
The moon may have formed in just 5 hours, new simulations suggest
The moon may have formed in as few as five hours after the cataclysmic collision between Earth and…
Meet Rachel Chen, the 18-year-old Los Angeles student who expanded a 1997 quantum-math idea to describe entire particle systems with simple diagrams; she won $100,000
Rachel Chen, 18, won $100,000 for her innovative quantum mathematics research. (Photo: Society for Science) At just 18,…