Cosmic ‘tadpole’ points to ultra-rare black hole hiding near the Milky Way’s center
An enormous, deformed dust cloud that astronomers nicknamed "the Tadpole" could point to the location...
What the pandemic can teach us about ways to reduce air pollution
The COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t just a shock to the human immune system. It was also...
10 ways COVID-19 changed the world
The year 2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic, arguably the worst pandemic the world...
6 ways the hunt for dark matter changed in 2020
Perhaps the most confounding problem in astrophysics is dark matter. Vera Rubin discovered it in...
What are the most common ways people get injured?
Every year in the United States, 40 million people end up injured in the emergency...
13 ways the Earth showed its wrath in 2020
In an already-dramatic year, our planet did not hold back from stirring the pot. 2020...
Milky Way’s central black hole may have zapped nearby red giant stars
Innumerable stars reside within 1.6 light-years of the Milky Way’s central black hole. But this...
Mysterious gas found near Milky Way’s center
The center of the Milky Way galaxy is full of high-energy events that lead to...
Studies could lead to new ways to enhance memory for those with traumatic brain injury or Alzheimer’s disease — ScienceDaily
Two studies led by UT Southwestern researchers shed new light on how the brain encodes...
Spaceflight affects the human body in two major, peculiar ways
Spaceflight impacts the body in a number of ways. (NASA /)There might be a few...