Barnard’s star has at least one planet orbiting it after all
A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s star, which lies a mere six light-years from our solar system, has at […]
The discovery of microRNA wins the 2024 physiology Nobel Prize
An unexpected discovery about what made a tiny worm refuse to grow up has now led to the 2024 Nobel
50 years ago, satellites threatened astronomers’ view of the cosmos
Satellites hampering radio astronomy — Science News, October 5, 1974 In the past, the satellites and probes launched by NASA
A transatlantic flight may turn Saharan dust into a key ocean nutrient
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine
Europa Clipper is launching to solve an alien mystery
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will soon be on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in
Thunderstorms churn up a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays
Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted
Climate change fueled the fury of hurricanes Helene and Milton
Meteorologists have watched in awe as Hurricane Milton, churning over the anomalously warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, swiftly
Runaway stars could influence the cosmos far past their home galaxies
Dozens of fugitive stars were caught fleeing a dense star cluster in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The
Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called Trojan
There’s a new term for attempting to own the wind
Wind ownership is up for grabs. As an unpaid intern at an energy company in England, Emilia Groupp spent two