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NASA spacecraft investigate clues in radiation belts
The twin Van Allen Probes orbit one behind the other, investigating clues in a way a single spacecraft never could. In this model, the...
Stars born in winds from supermassive black holes
Artist's impression of stars born in winds from supermassive black holes.
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
Observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope have revealed stars forming within powerful...
The electric sands of Titan
This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn's moon Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, acquired during the mission's "T-114" flyby on Nov. 13,...
Using Latin to analyse other languages
The Latin translation next to the Arabic text helps represent the grammar and contents structure of the original better than a direct German translation...
Astronomers identify purest, most massive brown dwarf
An artist's impression of the new pure and massive brown dwarf.
Credit: John Pinfield
An international team of astronomers has identified a record breaking brown dwarf...
Astronomers find unexpected, dust-obscured star formation in distant galaxy
Hubble Space Telescope image of the field containing a massive foreground galaxy cluster, MACSJ0717.5+3745. Pope and colleagues' dusty galaxy is denoted by the red...
Argon is not the ‘dope’ for metallic hydrogen
This is an illustration of Ar(H2)2 in the diamond anvil cell. The arrows represent different ways that spectroscopic tools study the effect of extreme...
Moderate drinking linked to lower risk of some — but not all — heart...
Red wine (stock image).
Credit: © anya_stogova / Fotolia
Moderate drinking is associated with a lower risk of several, but not all, cardiovascular diseases, finds a...
The world’s first international race for molecule-cars, the Nanocar Race is on
More than just a competition, the Nanocar Race is an international scientific experiment that will be conducted in real time, with the aim of...
Cryo-electron microscopy achieves unprecedented resolution using new computational methods
Complete capsid of bacteriophage P22 generated with validated atomic models that were derived from a high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy density map.
Credit: C. Hryc and the...
Ravens: Non-breeders live in highly dynamic social groups
Ravens have impressive cognitive skills when interacting with conspecifics.
Credit: Matthias Loretto, University of Vienna
Several recent studies have revealed that ravens are among the most...
