Space & Physics

Hubble Views a Galaxy with a Voracious Black Hole

Hubble Views a Galaxy with a Voracious Black Hole

SIN May 6, 2024 0 23

Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in this new NASA H...

Zebras bob their heads at each other to signal cooperation

Zebras bob their heads at each other to signal cooperation

SIN May 6, 2024 0 47

Head-bobbing seems to be a way for zebras to invite others to groom, graze or mo...

Swallowable sensor unfurls in stomach to monitor gut health

Swallowable sensor unfurls in stomach to monitor gut he...

SIN May 6, 2024 0 22

A ribbon of electrodes could nestle in the gut to help diagnose gastrointestinal...

Stink bugs grow a fungal garden on their legs to fight parasitic wasps

Stink bugs grow a fungal garden on their legs to fight ...

SIN May 6, 2024 0 21

A surprise discovery has revealed that female stink bugs have a small indent on ...

Autoimmune conditions linked to reactivated X chromosome genes

Autoimmune conditions linked to reactivated X chromosom...

SIN May 4, 2024 0 27

The inactivation of one copy of the X chromosome in female mammals may start to ...

A Moonlit Trio

SIN May 4, 2024 0 18

The Moon (left), Saturn, and Jupiter (lower right; Saturn is above and to the le...

Former NASA Center Director, Scientist to Receive Presidential Medals

Former NASA Center Director, Scientist to Receive Presi...

SIN May 4, 2024 0 29

President Joe Biden will present Dr. Ellen Ochoa, former center director and ast...

Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

SIN May 3, 2024 0 49

DNA analysis of remains found at medieval sites has identified closely related s...

Protocells on early Earth may have been formed by squeezing geysers

Protocells on early Earth may have been formed by squee...

SIN May 3, 2024 0 37

Simulations of the crust of early Earth show that cycles of pressure caused by g...

Flies undertake epic migrations that may be vital for pollination

Flies undertake epic migrations that may be vital for p...

SIN May 3, 2024 0 41

Migrating flies can carry pollen hundreds or thousands of kilometres, and this c...

Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with a planet

Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with...

SIN May 3, 2024 0 23

Strange bursts of radio waves called FRBs have long been mysterious, and one of ...

China is sending its Chang’e 6 spacecraft to the far side of the moon

China is sending its Chang’e 6 spacecraft to the far si...

SIN May 3, 2024 0 33

If all goes well, the Chang’e 6 probe will be the first ever to land on the far ...

Hubble Hunts Visible Light Sources of X-Rays

Hubble Hunts Visible Light Sources of X-Rays

SIN May 3, 2024 0 37

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf galaxy IC 776. Thi...

Seven surprising things you may not know about roots

Seven surprising things you may not know about roots

SIN May 3, 2024 0 44

Plants are often celebrated for the parts that are easy to see – flower, leaves,...

Indoor climbing wall users may be breathing in toxic rubber dust

Indoor climbing wall users may be breathing in toxic ru...

SIN May 3, 2024 0 25

The air and dust in climbing centres contain high levels of rubber particles fro...

Rising temperatures are cooking bumblebee nests and killing larvae

Rising temperatures are cooking bumblebee nests and kil...

SIN May 3, 2024 0 37

Climate change could be fueling bumblebee population loss by making hives too ho...

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