It’s fundamentally different from space. Here’s how. Here’s a question that most of us have been asked at some point in our lives, “what’s the shortest distance between two points?” By […]
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A Penn State study finds today’s middle-aged are experiencing much higher stress levels than 30 years ago.
Even with all the recent impacts we’ve seen, it might be more “foe” than “friend” to us.
The Universe is expanding, and the Hubble constant tells us how fast. But how can it be a constant if the expansion is accelerating?
New research reveals that the face can affect the shape of the brain through a complex “cross-talk” between the two structures.
Our Sun will continue to grow, becoming a red giant and then a planetary nebula. Here’s how large it will get.
A colliding star may have triggered the drastic transformation.
If there are human-sized creatures walking around on other planets, would we be able to view them directly?
The Crab Nebula goes back to 1054, opening a window into our cosmic past. On July 4, 1054, Chinese astronomers recorded a “guest star” in the Taurus constellation. A ‘guest star’ […]
We just found the first one within 1,000 light-years of us. But there’s probably one much, much closer. For a long time, black holes were known to exist only in the […]
And what might we learn as we collect new, never-before-seen data? If you took one of history’s top scientists from 100 years ago and dropped them into today’s world, what […]
The thrills and horrors of strange heavenly bodies condensed into one attractive snapshot.
It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.
Forget about the terawatt lasers we’re making on Earth. This natural one is thousands of times more powerful than the Sun.
A recent study tested how well the fungi species Cladosporium sphaerospermum blocked cosmic radiation aboard the International Space Station.
The way to understand the earliest moments of creation is to recreate those conditions and study them. Why would we stop now?
Social media distorts the reality of the public sphere.
China’s dominance of the rare earth metal industry is part of its overall geopolitical strategy.
After years of analysis, the Event Horizon Telescope team has finally revealed what the Milky Way’s central black hole looks like.
About 359 million years ago, at the end of the last phase of the Devonian period, there was a mass extinction event or series of events. An estimated 70 to […]
Researchers discover strange behavior in magnetars, ultra-powerful magnetic stars.
NASA’s SOFIA mission is upgraded and back in action, and the Cigar Galaxy makes a perfect target. In theory, cold, neutral gas is the key to stars and galaxies. A visualization […]
If the laws of physics are symmetrical as we think they are, then the Big Bang should have created matter and antimatter in the same amount.
New cancer-scanning technology reveals a previously unknown detail of human anatomy.
Artist Seán Doran recently created more than eight hours of high-definition video using images captured by Japan’s SELENE lunar orbiter.
Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.
Now that it’s fully commissioned, the James Webb Space Telescope begins its exploration of the Universe. Here are its first science images!
When you say, “I’ll get it done this week,” you’re just lying to yourself.
Worthy returns 2-3x more money than local jewelers and pawn shops.