The “Shadow Blaster” Galaxy’s Role in High-energy Cosmic Neutrinos
On September 22, 2021, the IceCube Neutrino Detector in Antarctica caught a blast of neutrinos as it passed…
A cataclysmic collision in space provides new clues on astronomy’s biggest stalemate
Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in…
Rocket Lab enters satellite communications market with $8-billion deal
Rocket Lab took a big step Monday to better compete with rivals SpaceX and Amazon, announcing an $8-billion…
Meet Lilly, the Berlin tiger cub
According to the zoo, Lilly is a short, memorable name. It also contains a literary reference to the…
Scientists capture atomic images to improve RNA interference drug design
RNA interference is a natural mechanism for living cells to control whether specific genes are being used or…
US renewable boom passes key milestone in April
When last we looked at the state of the US grid, the ongoing explosion in solar energy had…
NASA, SBA Announce New Initiative to Scale American Space Economy
NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the SBIC-NASA Initiative on Monday to increase investment in American manufacturers…
An Alternative to Black Holes: Gravastars with Big Bangs Inside
One foundational part of astrophysics concerns how stellar mass black holes form. When a star several times more…
Difficult childbirth is not unique to humans, study finds
The tight fit of a baby’s head through a mother’s birth canal, which causes great difficulty in childbirth,…
Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used
Current satellite data measures ozone separately in the lower, middle, and upper stratosphere, and model simulations help scientists…
2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Super-Simple Laser Precision For Your Stargazing
Perhaps the hardest thing for amateur astronomers just starting out is finding the things you want to look…
An integrated theoretical and numerical approach to understand modern experiments on quantum magnetism
Haldane, F. D. M. ‘Luttinger liquid theory’ of one-dimensional quantum fluids. I. Properties of the Luttinger model and…