Tag: science
Earth is drying out at unprecedented rate
The world is losing fresh water at an unprecedented rate, two decades' worth of satellite data has revealed.
Measurements from NASA's twin GRACE s [...]
Brain sends immune cells if sick people are nearby
The brain activates front-line immune cells in response to the mere sight of a sick person, mimicking the body’s response to an actual infection [...]
Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula
Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-int [...]
Precursors of life could form in lakes of Titan
NASA scientists have found that cell-like compartments called vesicles, needed to form the precursors of living cells, could form in the lakes of Tit [...]
Star escaped supermassive black hole’s violent grips
A distant supermassive black hole may have bitten off more than it can chew! Not only did the star it selected for a stellar meal escape its clutches [...]
Earth-size planets may be less common than we thought
As many as 200 worlds beyond our solar system discovered by astronomers may be larger than estimated, which could influence the search for extraterre [...]
Most massive black hole merger ever detected
Scientists have detected the most massive merger of black holes ever. This titanic collision, "heard" in ripples in spacetime called gravitational wa [...]
Webb scratches beyond surface of Cat’s Paw
It’s the cat’s meow! To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has [...]
‘Fossil galaxies are the dinosaurs of the universe’
Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy that is a "cosmic fossil" which has remained "frozen in time" for billions of years.
Just as din [...]
Webb ‘pierces’ through the Bullet Cluster
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently zeroed in on the Bullet Cluster, delivering highly detailed images that show a greater abundance of extrem [...]