— The National Museum of Natural History in Sofia launches a new website — [5 Jan] The National Museum of Natural History in Sofia (NMNHS) launched a new bilingual...
— Tycho Brahe's 1572 supernova classified — [3 Dec] One of the most famous supernovae in the history of astronomy, Tycho Brahe's supernova...
— Fomalhaut b: The first directly observed exoplanet — [13 Nov] Scientists using NASA's Hubble telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot...
— Climate change threatens lemmings in Norway — [5 Nov] The climate change threatens lemming populations across southern Norway, according...
— Hubble telescope catches Ganymede going to the 'dark side' — [18 Dec] Hubble telescope has caught Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede playing a game of... | ![]()
— Tycho Brahe's 1572 supernova classified — [3 Dec] One of the most famous supernovae in the history of astronomy, Tycho Brahe's... | ![]()
— Fomalhaut b: The first directly observed exoplanet — [13 Nov] Scientists using NASA's Hubble telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot... | ![]()
— 'Naked eye' gamma-ray burst was aimed almost directly at the Earth — [10 Sep] The Universe's brightest explosion ever seen was observed on 19 March this year.... | ![]()
Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble found only two brown dwarfs as companions to normal stars. This means the so-called 'brown dwarf desert' (the absence of brown dwarfs around solar-type stars) extends to the smallest stars in the Universe... — full story
Researchers at the Salk Institute develop novel glioblastoma mouse modelResearchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a versatile mouse model of glioblastoma - the most common and deadly brain cancer in humans - that closely resembles... — full story
Researchers use nanoparticles to make 3-D DNA nanotubesArizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule,... — full story
A Happy New Year for penguins!The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that its efforts to protect a wildlife-rich coastal region in South America have paid off in the form of a new coastal... — full story
Hubble to get last tune-up during 2009From troubled beginnings nearly 18 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionised astronomy and its stunning images have stirred the imaginations of people around the globe.... — full story
Dye-coated glass to channel energy into solar cellsCan you imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of Massachusetts Institute... — full story