Scientists Detect A New Fast Radio Burst
The mysterious flash of high-energy burst, called FRB 150215, was detected in February 2015 using the Parkes radio telescope in Australia.
Tornadoes May Have Gouged Out Bright Streaks Around Martian Craters
A team of researchers used a combination of laboratory impact experiments, computer models and geological observations to explain the formation of bright streaks around some impact craters on Mars.
Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococci Have Been Around For A Long, Long Time
A new study pegs the origin of these "superbugs" to about 450 million years ago, when life made its first foray into land.
How Did Massive Quasars Form In The Early Universe?
Astronomers have discovered three quasars — each a billion times the mass of the sun — whose very existence challenges our conventional understanding of how supermassive black holes form and evolve.
Scientists Revise Supernova 'Kill Zone' Estimate
A new study estimates that a supernova about 40 or 50 light-years away from Earth will not have the potential to trigger a mass extinction event on our planet.
Montana's Glaciers Are Melting Fast
Data released Wednesday by the U.S. Geological Survey and Portland State University has revealed that over the past 50 years, glaciers in the Glacier National Park in Montana have retreated by 39...
Quantum Entanglement: The 'Spooky Action' That Refuses To Fade Away
A series of experiments has revealed that quantum entanglement — the phenomenon Einstein once derisively referred to as "spooky action at a distance" — persists even at high accelerations.
Atomic 'Finger' Allows Scientists To Study Quantum States Of Molecular Ions
A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology has successfully used previously known techniques to cool and control molecular ions.
Fossil Discovery Suggests Life On Earth May Have Originated On Land
The discovery of fossils of microorganisms in 3.48 billion-year-old hot spring deposits pushes back the earliest known existence of microbial life on land by at least 580 million years.
US Will Not Move Its Israeli Embassy To Jerusalem: Report
According to Israeli news website NRG, President Donald Trump has informed his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of his decision to keep the embassy in Tel Aviv.
CERN Launches New Linear Accelerator To Boost LHC Luminosity
Linac 4, which will be connected to CERN’s accelerator complex sometime between 2019 and 2020, will eventually double the beam intensity to be delivered to the Large Hadron Collider.
Scientists Study Supermassive Black Holes In Merging Galaxies
Observations made using NASA's NuSTAR telescope have revealed that supermassive black holes in merging galaxies do most of their feeding during the later stages of galactic mergers, when they're...
Scientists Create High-Conductivity Transparent Nano-Scale Film Material
The new material, made of a compound called barium stannate, could lead to the creation of smaller, faster, and more powerful electronics, and more efficient solar cells.
Scientists Study How Epigenetic Changes Are Read And Interpreted
The study could provide clues to the genetic code that controls the expression of genes, and may also further our understanding of embryonic development and diseases such as cancer.
Scientists Store Information Using Oscillatory Chemical Reactions
A team of researchers has demonstrated that chemical bits are stable enough to store information.
Earth's Crust Material May Have Rained Down From A Steamy Atmosphere
Researchers from McGill University in Canada argued in a new study that the silica-rich minerals in Earth's crust may have been deposited by a “silicate rain.”
Jupiter's South Pole Revealed In New Juno Image
The image was captured using the high-resolution JunoCam instrument from an altitude of about 32,400 miles above the gas giant’s atmosphere.
NASA's MRO Photographs Recurring Slope Lineae On Mars
The image, snapped using the orbiter's HiRise camera, shows several RSLs that appear as dark lines extending downslope.
NASA Receives Proposals For Next New Frontiers Mission
The 12 proposals will now undergo scientific and technical review over the next seven months.
Earth's Oceans Are Losing Oxygen
A new analysis of nearly five decades of data has revealed the oceans' dissolved oxygen levels started dropping in the 1980s as global temperatures began to climb.
