The Orion Nebula in Infrared from HAWK I
The deepest infrared image of the Orion Nebula has uncovered a bonanza of previously unknown low-mass stars and […]
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Miles of Algae and a Multitude of Hazards
By LES NEUHAUS Algal blooms that have recently hit southeastern Florida waters are the latest of such environmental […]
South African Telescope Spots 1,300 Unknown Galaxies
By DENNIS OVERBYE The distant galaxies were recorded by a set of 16 antennas that will eventually be […]
Too Many Deer on the Road? Let Cougars Return, Study ...
By JAMES GORMAN A repopulation of cougars in the Eastern U.S., with their steady diet of deer, could […]
Grinding Chemicals Together in an Effort to be Greener
By XIAOZHI LIM Chemistry driven by mechanical force is radically different from the traditional way of dissolving, heating […]
Mercury on the Horizon
Have you ever seen the planet Mercury? Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it never wanders […]
The North Celestial Tower
If you climbed to the top of this 13th century stone tower, it looks like you could reach […]
NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula
Moving from top to bottom in the frame near the center of this sharply detailed color composite, thin, […]
Why Jet Lag Can Feel Worse When You Travel West ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Researchers produced a mathematical model of certain brain cells to help explain why travel’s toll […]
Fecal Transplants Can Be Life-Saving, but How?
By CARL ZIMMER Fecal transplants have proved effective against a bacterial infection. But scientists still have a lot […]