NGC 4676: When Mice Collide
These two mighty galaxies are pulling each other apart. Known as the “Mice” because they have such long […]
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Yellow Balls in W33
Infrared wavelengths of 3.6, 8.0, and 24.0 microns observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope are mapped into visible […]
A Night at Poker Flat
Four NASA suborbital sounding rockets leapt into the night on January 26, from the University of Alaska’s Poker […]
Yves Chauvin, Chemist Sharing Nobel Prize, Dies at 84
By KENNETH CHANG Mr. Chauvin helped unlock the secret of “green chemistry” to produce less hazardous waste in […]
Speck of Interstellar Dust Obscures Glimpse of Big Bang
By DENNIS OVERBYE A team of astronomers, after saying last spring that they had found long-sought evidence for […]
Close Encounter with M44
On Monday, January 26, well-tracked asteroid 2004 BL86 made its closest approach, a mere 1.2 million kilometers from […]
Left Means Less, Even for Chickens
By ERICA GOODE Scientists found that newborn chicks, like people, seem to map numbers spatially, associating smaller amounts […]
In the Way Cancer Cells Work Together, a Possible Tool ...
By CARL ZIMMER Research on the cooperation that goes on in a cancerous tumor could point to a […]
Astronomers Find Solar System More Than Double Ours in Age
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A newly discovered solar system — with five small rocky planets — makes ours […]
New Report Urges Western Governments to Reconsider Reliance on Biofuels
By JUSTIN GILLIS An environmental think tank says turning plant matter into liquid fuel or electricity is so […]