In this article, scientists Stewart Edie and Torben Rick take you on a journey through the United States as nature sees it, ...

Every so often, something from beyond our Solar System passes close enough for astronomers to study. Most of the time, these ...

Could a quick, painless tear sample someday help doctors monitor changes in the brain before major symptoms appear?

Recently we made an attempt to put incomprehensible astronomical distances into a human perspective. We started by looking at the vast distances within our solar system, moving on to distances within ...

For most of astronomy’s history, the death of a massive star has been a loud event. A supernova flares so brightly it can briefly outshine an entire galaxy. But a new study describes something far ...

A few of the deeper returning questions people engage with in conversations and discussions about cosmology relate to what happened before the big bang and what instigated the big bang in the first ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester and The Australian National University have created a new molecule that may soon enable ultra-compact hard drives (the size of a postage stamp) by allowing ...

Have you ever asked yourself why nearly all familiar planets have a round shape and not, say, the shape of a cylinder or a cube? Interesting fact: planets appear perfectly round to the eye, but in ...

Have you ever wondered how animals adapt to urban life, with its traffic jams and busy streets? A fascinating observation by researcher Dr. Vladimir Dinets sheds light on how some birds might not only ...

Imagine peering into the night sky with a powerful telescope and seeing galaxies scattered across the cosmic landscape. Some are so distant that their light has been travelling for over 13 billion ...

Many of us find it hard to balance a demanding workweek and personal life with a good and regular sleep schedule. As a result, sleep deprivation is a common occurrence. Luckily there is the weekend ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...