“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything ...

Scientists are developing water-fueled spacecraft technology, aiming for a cleaner, and cost-effective propulsion system.

The biggest jet of radio waves ever found in the early universe. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a radio jet is “material spewing from the centres of some galaxies at close to the ...

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

Even more surprisingly, the black hole that powers the quasar from which this jet erupts, designated J1601+3102, is relatively small. (For a quasar-powering supermassive black hole, that is.

Pesticides have long been used in farming to protect crops from voracious critters that can decimate yields. However, the harmful chemicals they contain do more than kill the bad bugs. According ...

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Even more surprisingly, the black hole that powers the quasar from which this jet erupts, designated J1601+3102, is relatively small ... don't know why — Scientists discover black holes ...

(CNN) — Scientists have made a leap forward in understanding the pattern and structure of turbulence — a natural phenomenon observed in fluids such as moving water, ocean currents, chemical ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...