The Massive Stars in Westerlund 1
Star cluster Westerlund 1 is home to some of the largest and most massive stars known. It is […]
Science
Do Birds Listen When You Play Music? by C. CLAIBORNE ...
A 2012 study showed that birds respond to song in the same areas of the brain as humans. […]
Yearning for New Physics at CERN, in a Post-Higgs Way ...
Physicists monitoring the Large Hadron Collider are seeking clues to a theory that will answer deeper questions about […]
Is Earth All by Its Lonesome? Kepler Finds 4,034 Possible ...
Setting the stage for the next chapter in the quest to end cosmic loneliness, astronomers released a list […]
William J.L. Sladen, Expert on Penguin Libidos, Is Dead at ...
Dr. Sladen, a British zoologist whose work was the basis of the 1996 movie “Fly Away Home,” also […]
The Black Sea Turned Turquoise, Thanks to a Phytoplankton Bloom ...
The bloom appears every summer, but it’s so bright this year that it’s visible from satellites in space. […]
Saturn near Opposition
Saturn reached its 2017 opposition on June 16. Of course, opposition means opposite the Sun in Earth’s sky […]
Revealed in Israel, a 2,600-Year-Old Request for Wine by NICHOLAS ...
The Hebrew words on a piece of pottery first found in 1965 were detected using multispectral imaging technology. […]
Scientists Discover a Key to a Longer Life in Male ...
Researchers have found a genetic mutation linked to longer life span — but only in men. It joins […]
Manhattan Moonrise
A Full Moon rose as the Sun set on June 9, known to some as a Strawberry Moon. […]