Galaxy clusters are formed by a dense packing of many galaxies, making them the most massive structures in the universe.

Somehow, even without silicon, this star was surrounded by dust. The dust grains were made almost entirely of iron. This has ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

NASA’s SPHEREx telescope has combined 100+ infrared maps into the universe’s first all-sky cosmic atlas, revealing galaxies, interstellar clouds, and cosmic inflation patterns never seen before.

COSMIC, a multipurpose X-ray instrument, has made headway in the scientific community since its launch less than 2 years ago, with contributions in fields ranging from batteries to biominerals. COSMIC ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

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acceleration pedal assembly during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington to discuss Toyota's sudden acceleration problems. Could cosmic rays affect electronics here on Earth? Yes, ...

At 10 a. m. on Jan. 1 the high-banked seats of a lecture amphitheatre at Washington University were jammed with a capacity crowd of 300—mostly scholars, a few newshawks, a handful of laymen. In the ...

Some of today's coolest technologies - ranging from DNA analysis to the personal computer and the space shuttle - were built upon foundations laid during the 1980s. The '80s also marked the start of ...