Researchers identify five double star systems potentially suitable for life Almost half a century ago the creators of Star Wars imagined a life-sustaining planet, Tatooine, orbiting a pair of stars. Now, 44 years later, scientists […]
New NASA visualization probes the light-bending dance of binary black holes A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in a new NASA visualization. The […]
Understanding how DNA repairs itself may lead to better cancer treatment From cancer treatment to sunlight, radiation and toxins can severely damage DNA in both harmful and healthy cells. While the body has evolved to […]
Scientists create embryos with cells from monkeys, humans Researchers have successfully introduced human stem cells into monkey embryos in the lab, creating short-lived hybrid organisms that could prove an important step in growing human transplant […]
Study warns of ‘oxygen false positives’ in search for signs of life on other planets In the search for life on other planets, the presence of oxygen in a planet’s atmosphere is one potential sign […]
Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was […]