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How Paintballs Could Save Earth From Giant Asteroid Impact
An epic battle between paintballs and a giant asteroid could one day save the Earth from an apocalyptic space...
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Early Human ‘Lucy’ Swung From the Trees
Despite the ability to walk upright, early relatives of humanity represented by the famed “Lucy” fossil likely spent much...
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Revealing a Mini-Supermassive Black Hole
One of the lowest mass supermassive black holes ever observed in the middle of a galaxy has been identified,...
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Mystery Glow of Dark Matter Halos Fueled by Extragalactic Stars
Stars ripped from their home galaxies as they collide with other galaxies can get slung into giant invisible cocoons...
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1 Picture, 9,000 Megapixels, 84 Million Stars
The center of our galaxy, as seen by the powerful Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) instrument...
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Grandmothers Responsible for Human Longevity
The helpfulness of grandmothers is the reason humans don’t die in their thirties the way chimpanzees do, new research...
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Gene Genesis: Scientists Observe New Genes Evolving from Mutated Copies
Researchers have observed in an experiment the exact steps bacterial genes take to evolve a new ability, unexpectedly adding...
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Europe to Begin Search for Habitable Planets in Our Cosmic Backyard
The European Space Agency has approved the first of its small science missions. Don't let the description fool you,...
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Study Links Cooked Food to Early Humans’ Growing Brains
Here’s something for raw-food aficionados to chew on: Cooked food might be a big reason humans were able to...
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Sex and Space Travel: Predictions From the 1950s
Outside of science fiction, the topic of sex in space has received surprisingly scant attention. But it was science...