Galactic chaos at cosmic noon may have stunned the formation of the planet of the Milky Way
The Milky Way keeps its planets near its chest. The stars on a thin, flat disk that the galactic bossti have more planets on average than the stars on a…
Northern white white lights represent new auroral mystery
Mysterious white gray strips are observed woven through the northern lights. New images reveal that these ghost glitter can appear stuck inside or bent near the red and green aurora.…
Spooky navigation lights in South Carolina can be earthquake trees
A ghost story of South Carolina can have a very terrestrial explanation. Starting in the 1950s, people in Summerville, SC, the areas began to report views of the strange light…
Sleep pills may have unexpected effects on the brain
So many of us struggle to fall asleep and stay there at night. About a third of American adults are not sleeping enough. Adolescent sleep is even worse; 8 in…
A cosmic ‘platypus’ can connect two astronomical mysteries
National Port, MD. – A bright stroke in a distant galaxy can connect two mysterious categories of cosmic flames. The event, which astronomers call Platypus games, can also offer a…
A small neutrino detector scored great in a nuclear reactor
A small neutrino detector has found its base in a fresh environment – in a nuclear reactor. Conventional subatomic particle detectors require metric tone of material. But the new detector…
Historical Scriptures reveal how people wet the little ice era
“Dear diary, it was frozen outside today …” If someone today were to write that in their diary, it may seem like a sufficient innocent line, maybe never be considered…
Life components are found in samples by asteroid Bennu
Liquid underground pools probably formed 4.6 billion years ago in the parent body of the Bennu asteroid and contain the building blocks of life, but not living creatures. This is…
Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating
A century ago, science went quantum. To celebrate, physicists are throwing a global celebration, one year old. In 1925, quantum mechanics, the scientific theory describing the vague rules of very…
Migratory whale sharks make potholes stops on oil and gas equipment
Just as rolling at a fuel station during a road trip, whale sharks use oil and gas equipment as a stop during migrations of thousands of kilometers across the oceans.…