Time travel, widely recognized as a staple of science fiction stories and movies, is at least theoretically possible under certain conditions. These include situations such as extremely high-speed travel through…
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most spectacular annual celestial events, is expected to light up the night sky again this summer. With peak activity expected on the night…
The globular cluster Omega Centauri—with as many as ten million stars—is seen in all its glory in this image taken with the WFI camera at ESO's La Silla Observatory. Credit:…
A roar, a deluge of snow, and then silence—avalanches can be deadly, but they often leave behind little lasting evidence of their passage. Now researchers have turned to tree rings…
Schematic overview of the formosa tank computer. credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07567-x Researchers at the Institute for Molecules and Materials at Radboud University, the Netherlands, have demonstrated that a complex…
We think of galaxies as ancient. Our own galaxy, Milky Wayformed 13.6 billion years ago, and James Webb Space Telescope allowed us to peek back at some of the first…
A 150-million-year-old stegosaurus specimen fossil is on display at Sotheby's in New York. The fossil, named "Apex" by the paleontologist who discovered it, is expected to fetch $4 million to…
Bones from a burrowing dinosaur called Fona were found in Utah and studied by paleontologists at NC State and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. NC Museum of Natural Sciences…
In 2020, a viral video of an unusual interaction between a badger and a coyote captivated the internet. Captured by a remote sensor camera in the Santa Cruz Mountains of…
NASA's Europa Clipper, pictured in this illustration, which was updated in December 2020, will orbit Jupiter on an elliptical trajectory, dipping close to its moon Europa on each flyby to…