By: Julien Benoit Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England. Robert Plot, an English natural h…

New University of Colorado Boulder research has identified a 'chemical imprint' that a lover leaves on your brain. It shows that dopamine - the same hormone ...

There are many different ways to get to Mars, but there are always tradeoffs. Chemical propulsion, proven the most popular, can quickly get a spacecraft to the red planet. But they come at a high cost of bringing their fuel, thereby increasing the mission's o…

A landmark new study is complicating our understanding of the cosmos, but offers promising new insights into dark energy.

When scientists detected phosphine in Venus' atmosphere in 2020, it triggered renewed, animated discussions about Venus and its potential habitability. It would be weird if the detection didn't generate interest since phosphine is a potential biomarker. So pe…

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Astronomers have completed the largest and most detailed study of what triggers stars to form in the universe's biggest galaxies, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. They were surprised to find that the conditions for stellar concepti…

The Earth and the Solar System are fascinating subjects, encompassing a wide range of scientific disciplines, including astronomy, geology.

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is still operating on orbit, with the company saying there is “growing optimism” that the spacecraft could survive in

How soon will Californians be able to travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco by high-speed rail? In welcome news, the California High-Speed Rail Authority received nearly $3.1 billion in federal funding last month to advance work on the project. Environ…

Comedian Zane Lamprey built an amazing copy machine that spits out perfect duplicates of adorable kittens, one at a time.

Scientists and engineers at the CU Boulder will soon take part in an effort to collect a bit of stardust—the tiny bits of matter that flow through the Milky Way Galaxy and were once the initial building blocks of our solar system.

Scientists accidentally stumble upon a galaxy with no stars

Newcastle University research turns to ancient hot springs to explore the origins of life on Earth.

Researchers identified six ancient humans with chromosomal conditions, including the earliest case of Turner syndrome.

Diamonds erupt from the deep as supercontinents break up. Now you can listen to the "song" of these kimberlite eruptions.

New York, Jan 12 Engineers from Columbia University in the US have built a new AI that shattered a long-held belief in forensics – that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person are unique.It turns out they are similar, only we’ve been comparing …

Complexity of biological forms has fascinated humankind over the years. Different species of plants have different leaf shapes. Have you ever wondered why it is so? Why does this shape diversity exist? Plants can change their leaf shapes over time and space. …

Researchers report on one of the most unusual late-Roman metalware ever discovered in the British Isles. Although the Knaresborough Hoard was discovered about 1864, there has never been any detailed analysis of the items undertaken. Nor were the circumstances…

Fire was crucial to the evolution of human technology. That's why alien species stuck in the "oxygen bottleneck" may be forever primitive.

The latest discovery of an ultra-large structure called the "Big Ring" adds to "mounting evidence" that challenges what we know about the universe.

"Astronomers are eager to understand how stars form, and our discovery provides a clue to star formation processes."

The powerful space telescope saw a previously unseen structure in the well-studied system Beta Pictoris.

Unlike any planets in our solar system that experience aurorae, it's an isolated object in space with no nearby star to create one.