Our understanding of astrophysics states that we should be seeing co-orbiting planets when astronomers look through their telescopes.…
Cancer is one of the greatest challenges of our time. A common misconception about cancer is that it is one disease. There are hundreds of…
You are on one of those trips where the travel is so tedious that even your cell phone looks boring. Not being able to sleep, you look out…
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Nitrogen pollution is a big problem in standing water such as lakes and ponds. The nitrogen comes from many sources, often agricultural…
51 Pegasi b is a roughly jupiter-sized planet around a star pretty similar to our sun. This planet has been part of astronomy conversations…
At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there is a supermassive black hole. This is normal — at the center of almost every galaxy there is…
When we first learn about cells in biology, we are taught that bacterial cells are simple, and animal and plant cells are more complex.…
Today, Nature published the landmark discovery of a system of seven planets around a star named TRAPPIST-1 about 40 light years away. This…
Galaxies come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Many galaxies are in the shape of spirals, including our own Milky Way Galaxy. The movement…