Close-up and wide views of the nearest pair of supermassive black holes. ESO / Voggel et al. Scientists have spotted a pair of the most powerful monsters known to humans, and this destructive duo is closer to our planet than anything we’ve seen so far. Fortunately, the two supermassive black holes discovered by astronomers using … Read more
An important player in the healthy development of female embryos is also proving to play a key role in regulating the behavior of chromosomal loops and gene expression in both sexes, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). These findings, reported in the journal Cell, could help create new targets … Read more
Entrance to the Denisova Cave in Siberia. Image: IAET, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences The Denisovans, a mysterious group of missing hominids in close contact with Neanderthals, did not leave much fossil evidence behind. A new excavation in their former lands in Siberia has now uncovered three new fossils – the oldest … Read more
Scientists have found a black hole that is not only the smallest ever discovered, but also the closest to Earth. The black hole is located in the Milky Way galaxy – and is 1,500 light-years from here, in a constellation called Monoceros – Greek for a “single-horned rhinoceros.” As a nod to the compact size … Read more
Proxima Centauri is a small but strong star. It is only four light-years or more than 20 billion miles from its own Sun and is home to at least two planets, one of which could look something like Earth. New York: Scientists have observed the largest rocket ever recorded from the sun’s closest neighbor, the … Read more
A Los Angeles creative agency, Activista, placed a poster in front of SpaceX’s California headquarters, which reads “Mars Sucks.” He criticizes Musk’s plans for colonizing Mars and notes that priority should be given to the earth. obviously A creative agency Activista placed a billboard that said, “Mars sucks” outside Space X in California. So far, … Read more
New York, April 22nd Scientists have observed the largest rocket ever recorded from the Sun’s closest neighbor, the star Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is a small but strong star. It is only four light-years or more than 20 billion miles from its own Sun and is home to at least two planets, one of which … Read more
New York, April 22nd Scientists have observed the largest rocket ever recorded from the Sun’s closest neighbor, the star Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is a small but strong star. It is only four light-years or more than 20 billion miles from its own Sun and is home to at least two planets, one of which … Read more
Since reaching the Martian surface in February, NASA’s Perseverance mission has gained admiration for accomplishing things that were thought to be possible only in science fiction, such as flying a helicopter there, which it did this week. The rover pioneer Mars has now added another feather to the lid. The US space agency announced that … Read more
The growing list of “premiums” for Perseverance, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes turning some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon-rich atmosphere into oxygen. An experimental tool the size of a toaster aboard Perseverance, called the In-Situ Resource Use Experiment (MOXIE) on Mars, performed the task. The test took place on April … Read more