James Webb Space Telescope sees lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars in the early universe
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered back 13 billion years to discover surprisingly lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars.The James Webb...
Space photo of the week: Hubble spots a stellar ‘H-bomb’ exploding in Aquarius at...
What it is: The variable binary star R Aquarii and the Cederblad 211 nebulaWhere it is: 710 light-years away, in the constellation AquariusWhen...
Will Mount Everest always be the world’s tallest mountain?
Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain as measured from sea level. But will it hold that title forever?To answer this question, first...
Earth’s mantle is split into two halves thanks to supercontinent Pangaea
Earth's mantle is split by the Pacific Ring of Fire, an ancient schism that reflects the creation and destruction of the supercontinent Pangaea,...
Lasers reveal secrets of lost Silk Road cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan
Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along what has been called the Silk Road, archaeologists are uncovering two medieval cities that...
Most of Earth’s meteorites may have come from the same 3 spots
Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before they...
Scientists have dated the moon’s oldest, and largest, impact site
You don't need a telescope to see that the moon is riddled with craters. For billions of years, our celestial neighbor has been...
Babirusa: The prehistoric ‘deer’ pigs with huge antler teeth
Name: Babirusa (Babyrousa)Where it lives: Sulawesi and neighboring islands in IndonesiaWhat it eats: Leaves, fruit, mushrooms, tree bark, insects, fish and small mammalsWhy...
ISS leaks among 50 ‘areas of concern’ for astronaut safety: report
NASA and its Russian counterpart have identified 50 "areas of concern" related to a long-running leak aboard the space station, a media report...
Asthma and fine particulate matter
Asthma is currently an incurable disease that severely impairs quality of life, with recurring symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath....