Scientists have discovered a few thousand planetary nebulas in the Milky Way. Those include the Ring Nebula, aka NGC 6720 and Messier 57. With Webb, the researchers could see a compact dust cloud ...

The “open vein hypothesis” postulates that early thrombus clearance and restoration of venous blood flow may prevent postthrombotic syndrome after proximal deep vein thrombosis. Since its proposal ...

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

Two college students, Snehadeep Kumar and Mohit Kumar Nayak, are building India’s first gamma-ray detecting CubeSat via their ...

When is the last time you went to Chili's or Applebee's? Is it recent? Do you have a friend or family member who loves ...

These chondrules are considered time capsules from the early solar system, and barred olivine is a rare mineral texture not seen in Earth rocks. The study is published in Science Advances.

Abstract: A forward-backward probability hypothesis density (PHD) smoother involving forward filtering followed by backward smoothing is proposed. The forward filtering is performed by Mahler's PHD ...

Their calculations reveal that roughly 3.8 million years after the solar system's first solids formed—a key moment when the disk of material around the sun, known as the protoplanetary nebula ...

In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on ...

The Orion Nebula (M42) and Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) may reign supreme among star-forming regions in the Milky Way, but they pale in comparison to the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070). The Tarantula ...

An extreme solar storm hit Earth some 14,300 years ago, more powerful than any other such event known in human history, a new analysis of radiocarbon data has revealed. The solar storm ...

Plans for a large new solar farm have gone out to consultation among several communities. A 675-acre (273-hectare) plot of land around Mendlesham, near Stowmarket, has been earmarked for the major ...