Surprising ring sheds light on galaxy formation
The distant galaxy PJ0116-24, a superluminous infrared galaxy (HyLIRG). Cold gas is seen here in blue; warm gas is shown in red. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/ESO/D. Liu et al. The question…
The distant galaxy PJ0116-24, a superluminous infrared galaxy (HyLIRG). Cold gas is seen here in blue; warm gas is shown in red. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/ESO/D. Liu et al. The question…
False color g+r crop of Corvus A image from Megacam. The blue region of recent star formation is clearly visible on the eastern side of the galaxy, but there is…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published in Genome Biology opens up new opportunities to improve production efficiency in beef cattle and potentially in livestock more broadly. A team of…
A 150-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton is on display at the Natural History Museum's new visitor center, currently under construction, Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. Its newest occupant is a…
An artist's illustration of a planet—though not LHS 1140 b—outside the Solar System. A planet relatively close to Earth may be the first discovered with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean…
It has produced one of the most consistent sets of negative results in the history of science. For more than 60 years, researchers have been trying to find a single…
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:…
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…
The rim and floor of Gale Crater as seen by NASA's Curiosity rover. Credit: NASA The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captured the imagination of scientists and…
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (right) and Sunny Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, leave the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Inspections Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at…