Hypersoft X-ray sources as a low-energy class of luminous cosmic emitter
Drake, J. J., Kashyap, V. L., Wargelin, B. J. & Wolk, S. J. Pointing Chandra toward the extreme…
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…
In 1962, Canada’s first satellite went into orbit with a planned life of 1 year — Alouette sent useful data for more than 10 years, carrying long antennas that had been packed for launch by rolling the metal strips up like a carpenter’s measuring tape.
Canada’s first satellite carried an ingenious answer to a basic packaging problem. Alouette I needed long antennas to…
An ocean away from Nepal, Sonia spends her spare time piecing together clues about missing flood victims: ‘I wanted to be useful’ | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
A chain of flowers tattooed from knee to foot, a gold nose ring worn on a left nostril,…
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…
Watch 6 Bear Cubs Race Up a Tree at Incredible Speed
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See the highest-resolution footage of a black hole jet ever taken, thanks to AI and 27 years of observations
Astronomers just dropped a video 27 years in the making: the highest-definition animation of a gargantuan black hole…
Scientists discover a new way to identify where major earthquakes could strike
THE TAKEAWAY A team of scientists discovered a new way to identify where some of Earth’s biggest earthquakes…
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…
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…
Can any animal kill a blue whale? At 33 metres long and heavier than a Boeing 737, it is the largest creature ever to have lived but is it vulnerable?
In the ocean, different animals have their own unique self-defence strategies to help them survive predators. Some, like crustaceans have…
Fossilized eggs reveal new secrets about world’s biggest dinosaurs
Fossilized eggs reveal new secrets about world’s biggest dinosaurs The largest dinosaurs that ever lived were able to…