Publishing in peer-reviewed scientific journals is crucial for the development of a researcher's career. The scientists that publish the most often in the most...
Cygnus X-1, a binary star system first discovered in 1964, comprises one of the closest black holes to Earth. New observations of this black hole, the...
In the early history of Earth, levels of oxygen were much lower and they are more likely to be low again in the distant future which...
In 1974, Stephen Hawking theorized that the universe’s darkest gravitational behemoths, black holes, were not the pitch-black star swallowers astronomers imagined, but they spontaneously emitted light...
With interest growing in a return of humans to the moon, attention is turning to the possibility of establishing a long-term presence there.
The European Space Agency wants to make sure its new astronaut class is more diverse. But it will take redesigned gear to make space accessible to...
Modeling ear structures of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and an archaic human from Spain shows the Neanderthals could hear, and produce sounds, much as we do
The fossil of an early human forerunner that inhabited South Africa 3.67 million years ago is shedding light on human origins.
NASA's Perseverance rover, which recently made history landing on the surface of Mars, is powered by the same processor used in an iMac more than...
The space hurricane was detected in the Earth's upper atmosphere and 'rained electrons' over the North Pole for nearly eight hours.