Our bodies are alive with activity and filled with proteins trapped in fatty membranes or floating in and out of watery cells. Scientists have now, for the first time, captured the dance between the two: a fluid tango involving proteins and fats as they would normally move in cells. “We’re going beyond taking single snapshots, … Read more
Scientists have discovered a hitherto unknown space molecule while probing a relatively nearby region of intense star formation, a cosmic point about 5,550 light-years away. It is part of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, also known as NGC 6334. The team, led by Zachary Fried, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), examined … Read more
Larger / M82, the site of what is likely a giant outburst from a magnetar. NASA, ESA and the Hubble Legacy Team Gamma rays are a broad category of high-energy photons, including anything with more energy than an X-ray. While they are often created by processes such as radioactive decay, few astronomical events produce them … Read more
A 3.7-billion-year-old record of our planet’s ancient magnetism has been discovered, providing evidence that Earth’s magnetic field existed very early in history. However, this discovery is quite surprising. Rocks approaching 4 billion years old are hard to find; most are recycled earthIts tectonic activity, sliding into the mantle through subduction zones before sliding out of … Read more
Thanks to their reign of terror in Jurassic Park, Velociraptors are notorious prehistoric predators. However, the sickle-claw killing machines familiar to moviegoers are a far cry from their sci-fi counterparts – and not just because those fictional ones lack feathers. In real life, Velociraptors topped out at the size of a Labrador retriever and were … Read more
The nova explosion 3,000 light-years away will make the new star visible on Earth Frederick Walter, galactic astronomer and professor at Stony Brook University, explains what a nova explosion is and why we will be able to see the effects from it. Walter said the explosion will be visible for several days to most on … Read more
Day or night, watching a rocket launch on the beach is so Florida. But could anyone in Volusia County see a rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral? Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover, yes. We’ve got suggestions on where and how to watch a rocket launch from Ormond Beach to … Read more
This article has been reviewed according to the editorial process and policies of Science X. The editors have emphasized the following attributes to ensure the credibility of the content: fact-checked trusted source corrected OK! This image shows features known as “spiders” near the south pole of Mars, as seen by the CaSSIS (Colour and Stereo … Read more