NASA's upcoming next-generation space telescope has been tipped to be the tool that'll unlock the secrets of the early universe....
An asteroid that landed in Russia in 2013 injured 1,500 people – and was just 20 metres in diameter. What could we do if a major...
After years of painstaking work, we're homing in on bringing the total of confirmed exoplanets – planets outside the Solar System –...
UCLA astronomers have identified 366 new exoplanets, thanks in large part to an algorithm developed by a UCLA postdoctoral scholar. Among their most noteworthy findings is...
Findings also include a distinctive planetary system with two gas giants. UCLA astronomers have identified 366 new exoplanets,...
Seven Earth-sized planets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1 in near-perfect harmony, and U.S. and European researchers have used that harmony to determine how much physical abuse the...
A researcher has spotted a shark still hunting for its prey – despite being “half eaten”.
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Czech Academy of Sciences has uncovered a new piece of the puzzle...
It is the hardest known glass with the highest thermal conductivity among all glass materials. Carnegie’s Yingwei Fei and Lin...
Researchers from UC Riverside describe a revolutionary imaging technology that compresses lamp light into a nanometer-sized spot....