Astronomy

Star embryo with hot flashes

Artist's impression of a protostar that accretes and grows gas from a circumstellar disk. (Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech, R. Hurt / SSC) Massive stars do...

Gas giants and brown dwarfs arise differently

Gas giant or brown dwarf? (Image: dottedhippo / iStock) Big gas planet or "failed" star? This question is difficult to answer for some massive celestial...

These are 5 biggest threats to humanity – and they all have to do with environment

Moreover, they can reinforce each other, which may lead to a global crisis in the coming century. A large-scale study involving no fewer than 200...

We probably underestimated how long it took for Mars to be formed

Meteorites betray that the formation of Mars took much more time than expected. The very young solar system was probably a violent and chaotic place. Objects...

When did beavers go into the water?

Scientists reconstructed the evolution of beavers with the help of DNA from an extinct giant beaver. There are currently two beaver species - the European...

Artificial intelligence can detect breast cancer just as well as radiologists

It may be a new weapon in the fight against this nasty disease. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Despite significant improvements in...

Climate change may wipe out a third of all plant and animal species in 50 years

And if we don't watch out, we will lose half of all species by that time. Not all plant and animal species can cope with...

New invention that helps us generate solar energy more efficiently

Powerful laser pulses etch small patterns onto metal surfaces, so that they absorb a lot of light. Not long ago, researchers presented an unsinkable piece of...

Do you also want to hunt aliens? You can!

Breakthrough Listen releases data so that everyone can help search for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. Alien life has been actively sought for decades. For example, there...

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