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Published Strings that can vibrate forever (kind of)



Researchers have engineered string-like resonators capable of vibrating longer at ambient temperatur ...
Published Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth to rip apart their prey



Scientists have discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragons' teeth are tipped with iron. Th...
Published People feel more connected to 'tweezer-like' bionic tools that don't resemble human hands



Some say the next step in human evolution will be the integration of technology with flesh. Now, res...
Published Black hole at center of the Milky Way resembles a football



The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the...
Published Astronomers see a massive black hole awaken in real time



In late 2019 the previously unremarkable galaxy SDSS1335+0728 suddenly started shining brighter than...
Published Strong evidence for intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri



Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at t ...
Published Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from the collapse of a massive star



In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers co...
Published New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like



Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue and Uranus green -- but a new study has revealed that...
Published Tiniest free-floating brown dwarf



Brown dwarfs are objects that straddle the dividing line between stars and planets. They form like s ...
Published WASP-193b, a giant planet with a density similar to that of cotton candy



Astronomers have just discovered WASP-193b, an extraordinarily low-density giant planet orbiting a d...
Published New way for beneficial microbes to survive extreme conditions and space exploration



Investigators sought to help figure out how to send materials like probiotics into space and to bett ...
Published Organic compounds in asteroids formed in colder regions of space



Analysis of organic compounds -- called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) -- extracted from th...
Published Robots' and prosthetic hands' sense of touch could be as fast as humans



Research could pave the way for a prosthetic hand and robot to be able to feel touch like a human ha ...
Published Giant Antarctic sea spiders reproductive mystery solved



Instead of carrying the babies until they hatched, as in most species of sea spiders, one parent (li...
Published Medium-sized black holes eat stars like messy toddlers - Medium-Sized Black Holes: The Messy Toddlers of the Universe



In new 3D computer simulations, astrophysicists modeled black holes of varying masses and then hurle...
Published Webb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A - Webb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A



The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind can be even more...
Published How urea may have been the gateway to life - How Urea May Have Been the Gateway to Life



Urea reacts extremely quickly under the conditions that existed when our planet was newly formed. Th...
Published Fossils of a saber-toothed top predator reveal a scramble for dominance leading up to 'the Great Dying' - Fossils of a Saber-Toothed Top Predator Reveal a Scramble for Dominance Leading up to 'the Great Dying'



A tiger-sized saber-toothed creature called Inostrancevia has previously only been found in Russia....
Published X-ray analysis sheds new light on prehistoric predator's last meal - X-Ray Analysis Reveals Prehistoric Predator's Last Meal



We now know more about the diet of a prehistoric creature that grew up to two and a half meters long...
Published Spatial patterns in distribution of galaxies - Spatial Patterns in Distribution of Galaxies


In an unlikely pairing, a chemist and an astrophysicist applied the tools of statistical mechanics t...