What’s in a star? Well, if you’re a highly evolved specimen nearing the end of its named life HD 222925quite a lot, in fact. Scientists conducted an analysis of this dark object and identified 65 distinct elements. This is the largest number of elements ever found in a single object outside the solar system, and … Read more
In a dreadful vision of a future cut off from the sun, the machine overloads into the Matrix film series turned to sleeping human bodies as sources of electricity. Had they had sunlight, seaweed would undoubtedly have been the best choice. Engineers at the University of Cambridge in the UK ran a microprocessor for more … Read more
Three years ago, scientists used an Earth-sized telescope to produce the first-ever image of a black hole. Now they’ve done it again – this time, closer to home, and from a very different invisible juggernaut. the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has now produced images of two supermassives black holes: the one at the center of … Read more
Astronomers have finally seen the center of the Milky Way galaxy, unmasking a giant black hole, a celestial vortex 26,000 light-years from Earth that would otherwise be hidden from view. An international team of researchers released a snapshot of the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* on Thursday., spied on through the power of … Read more
The moon will shine a scarlet color during this year’s first total lunar eclipse on Sunday – a stark contrast to its ordinary milky white glow. A partial eclipse will begin at 10:27 p.m. ET on Sunday, with the total lunar eclipse beginning at 11:29 p.m. ET, according to EarthSky. The total eclipse will end … Read more
The last is scheduled for Friday evening with the launch of 53 from SpaceX Starlink Internet Satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This will be Starlink’s twelfth launch so far this year, and it could be followed over the weekend by another mission slated to lift off from Florida. It’s been a year … Read more
In 2019, astronomers captured a hidden piece of the universe to download on our computer screens. It was the first ever image of a black hole – and it revealed the violence of the space beast. This chaotic void, dubbed M87*, spits out a jet of light and passes directly through the galaxy in which … Read more
Carell and his colleagues were inspired by ribosomes – shown here translating a strand of RNA.Credit: Omikron/Science Photo Library Chemists say they have solved a crucial problem in a theory of early life, by demonstrating that RNA molecules can link short chains of amino acids together. The conclusions, published on May 11 in Nature1support a … Read more
Placeholder while loading article actions If he was flying, and it was really a big ifthe small helicopter would fly to Mars five times – maximum – in a period of 31 days. But over the past year, the brave little helicopter known as Ingenuity has taken the Martian sky 28 times, far exceeding expectations … Read more
Stock photo depicting a plant growing on the moon. Scientists have grown plants in the soil of the Moon, a first in human history and a watershed moment in lunar and space exploration. In a new research article published in the journal Communications Biology on May 12, 2022,[{” attribute=””>University of Florida scientists showed that plants … Read more
