Report: Interstellar comet just like ones from our solar system

Report: Interstellar comet just like ones from our solar system

A new comet discovered by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov is an outcast from another star system, yet its properties determined so far are surprisingly...

Research: Astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress...

Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered that powerful winds driven by supermassive black holes in the centers of dwarf galaxies...

Research: Specialized sugar molecules called glycans can disarm opportunistic pathogens and prevent infection —

More than 200 square meters of our bodies -- including the digestive tract, lungs, and urinary tract -- are lined with mucus. In...
UBC student turns inventor to help brother with muscular dystrophy

UBC student turns inventor to help brother with muscular dystrophy

A UBC student has put his education to a very personal use, designing a new system that allows his special needs brother to control...
Researchers don’t know why more gas comes in than out of the Milky Way

Researchers don’t know why more gas comes in than out of the Milky Way

Astronomers have been trying to understand what they describe as a recycling process inside the Milky Way. Supernovas and stellar winds blow gas out...
Report: NASA and SpaceX agree commercial crew development is the “highest priority”

Report: NASA and SpaceX agree commercial crew development is the “highest priority”

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine eased two weeks of tension between them Oct. 10, saying they were on...
Researchers put Leonardo da Vinci's bridge design to the test

Researchers put Leonardo da Vinci’s bridge design to the test

Engineers at MIT have proven Leonardo da Vinci correct yet again, this time involving his design for what would have been at the time...
Study: Ice Sheets Are Eroded by “Upside-down Rivers”

Study: Ice Sheets Are Eroded by “Upside-down Rivers”

The ice shelves that stretch out from the edges of Antarctica are under attack from “upside-down rivers” of warm water. The findings, published today in...
NASA: Pegasus launches ICON space science mission (Watch)

NASA: Pegasus launches ICON space science mission (Watch)

NASA’s ICON mission to explore where Earth’s weather meets space weather launched Thursday. The Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, will measure the highest region of...
Nobel Prize winning physicist believes we could discover alien life within 30 years

Nobel Prize winning physicist believes we could discover alien life within 30 years

Professor Didier Queloz of Cambridge University strongly believes that alien life exists. Queloz - who is one of three scientists to be awarded the 2019...

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