A telescope can show a lot, but astronomers always want to see more detail in the sky. They look not only at stars, but also at the faint structures around them, including thin disks of gas.
A new trick with light has now helped capture the…

A telescope can show a lot, but astronomers always want to see more detail in the sky. They look not only at stars, but also at the faint structures around them, including thin disks of gas.
A new trick with light has now helped capture the…
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Across the far south of our planet, ancient bogs are holding on to a 15000 year old climate surprise. Layers of waterlogged plant remains show that a sudden wind shift transformed these wetlands and changed how the Southern Ocean handled…

SpaceX introduced a new Falcon 9 rocket into its fleet on Sunday (Nov. 23), with he launch of 28 satellites for its Starlink megaconstellation in low Earth orbit.
The launch, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at the Vandenberg Space Force…

Every week, Space.com delivers the latest discoveries, launches, and cosmic curiosities from across the universe. From groundbreaking research aboard the International Space Station to dazzling new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the…

The climate of the desert Southwest looks calm at first glance, but its past tells a different story.
Long before cities and highways, this part of the country flipped between cooler, wetter stretches and hotter, drier ones. Those shifts shaped…

For fitness purposes we can roughly divide the body into three sections: the lower body (legs), the core (abs), and upper body (everything from the chest up including arms, shoulders, and back—but not your head, you don’t need to exercise…

Researchers at Tulane University, working with teams from eight additional institutions, have identified a previously unknown way that nerve cells send messages. This discovery could change how scientists understand pain and may guide the…