Are Asteroid-Mass Black Holes Hiding in the Cosmic Gamma-Ray Glow?
There are multiple ways to form black holes. The one most commonly taught in high school physics classes…
Human beings have now lived continuously aboard the International Space Station since November 2, 2000 — more than 25 consecutive years without a single day when no human was orbiting above the planet — in the longest sustained off-world human presence in the history of the species
The threshold quietly crossed on 2 November 2000 was, in retrospect, one of the more consequential moments in…
How cities are fighting back against the ‘heat island effect’
But be it greenery, architecture or reflective surfaces, these changes come at a cost, one many of the…
NASA’s Webb Finds Clues to Ancient, Distant Origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS
As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS began moving away from the Sun in December 2025, astronomers took the opportunity to…
NTHU Researchers Develop World’s Brightest Room-Temperature Single-Photon Source
Insider Brief Researchers at National Tsing Hua University developed a room-temperature single-photon source that emits more than 2.3…
Elephant Seal Scolds Penguins in Superb Photo Shortlisted for Wildlife Award
‘Right of Way’ by John Harrison. A group of royal penguins draw the ire of an elephant seal…
Cross-coupling preserves stereochemistry of chiral carboxylic acids
Synthetic organic chemists love their cross-coupling reactions, in which they quickly construct a complex compound by connecting…
‘Let’s not fool the public’: Why moon art should be more realistic in the Artemis age
GOLDEN, Colorado — The moon is in need of good and accurate artists! As NASA’s Artemis program hits…
Study: Fungal Networks So Massive They’d Span 10% of the Milky Way
God’s creation just continues to astound and amaze! But that shouldn’t be surprising. Under your feet is a…
James Webb Space Telescope captures the star-forming clouds of Orion A
The James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month shows the giant molecular cloud Orion A, an area…
Chinese researchers reveal dinosaur species linked to origins of flight
Chinese scientists have discovered a new species of feathered dinosaur that lived around 120 million years ago.…
Infleqtion Launches America’s Quantum Space Initiative to Accelerate the Future of Quantum-Enabled Space Infrastructure
Insider Brief Infleqtion has launched America’s Quantum Space Initiative, bringing together industry, academic, and technology partners to support…