Scientists Discover Brain Emits Measurable Light

  • 25 Jun 2025

A Canadian study finds that the human brain emits a faint glow known as bio-photons, which vary with mental activity.

Half The Universe's Matter Was Missing. Astronomers Just Found It

  • 22 Apr 2025

A new analysis of the sky has finally confirmed where the missing half of the Universe's visible matter has been hiding.

The Moons of Mars May Actually Be Fragments of Something Much Bigger

  • 27 Nov 2024

Martian moons could be a result of an early collision similar to that of Earth and Theia. This new model proposes an interesting middle way. Rather than an impact or direct capture, the authors propose a near miss by a large asteroid.

New Images From Euclid Mission Reveal Wide View of the Dark Universe

  • 2 Jun 2024

The Euclid mission, led by ESA (the European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA, has released five new images that showcase the space telescope’s ability to explore two large-scale cosmic mysteries: dark matter and dark energy. 

New moons of Uranus and Neptune discovered

  • 11 Mar 2024

The International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of three new moons in our solar system Feb. 23. Uranus has one additional moon, while Neptune has picked up two.

The newest infrared image of Cas A offers a fresh view

  • 18 Dec 2023

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its golden gaze to Cassiopeia A, a spectacular, complex, expanding cloud of hot gas billowing out from a star humanity saw go supernova back in the 1670s.

'Devil Comet' is approaching Earth. Here's the date you can see it

  • 1 Nov 2023

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, known as the Devil Comet for its distinctive "horns," is fast approaching. Here

Virgin Galactic's first private passenger spaceflight will launch in August

  • 19 Jul 2023

Now that Virgin Galactic has flown its first commercial spaceflight, it's ready to take civilians aboard. The company now expects to launch its first private passenger flight, Galactic 02, as soon as August 10th. 

Himalayan glaciers may lose 75 percent of ice by 2100

Melting of glaciers to cause flooding and water shortages for nearly 2 billion people who live downstream, report says.

Physicists discover that gravity can create light

  • 11 Apr 2023

Researchers have discovered that in the exotic conditions of the early universe, waves of gravity may have shaken space-time so hard that they spontaneously created radiation.

Second 'Giant Hole' Appears on Sun

  • 30 Mar 2023

A giant 'hole' has appeared on the surface of the Sun, and it could send 1.8 million-mph solar winds toward Earth by Friday.

Scientists Use CRISPR to Genetically Engineer A Mouse

  • 12 Sep 2022

For the first time in the world, complete chromosomal rearrangement in mammals have been achieved, making a new breakthrough in synthetic biology.

A Single Genetic Test Can Accurately Diagnose 25 Rare Diseases Faster Than Ever

  • 19 Aug 2022

Scientists have developed a quick genetic test that can diagnose a large range of rare muscle and nerve diseases with near perfect accuracy.

Earth core is lopsided

  • 16 Jun 2021

The enhanced growth on one side of the core suggests that something in Earth’s outer core or mantle under Indonesia is removing heat from the inner core at a faster rate than on the opposite side, under Brazil. 

Most distant solar system object yet detected

  • 19 Mar 2021

A dwarf planet in the extreme outer solar system that takes a thousand years to complete one trip around the Sun is knicknamed Farfarout. The frigid body is the most distant solar system object yet detected.