Category: 1. Edi-Choice

Astrophysicists don’t know if direct-collapse black holes are real. They were hypothesized to explain how the Universe could contain supermassive black holes (SMBH) so early. They don’t require a stellar progenitor, nor do they require…

For a mouse, survival in the wild often boils down to one urgent question: flee or freeze?

The best strategy depends on which mouse you are asking. A new study by Harvard biologists has found that two closely related species of deer mice have…

Updated NASA’s Goddard Center Director, Makenzie Lystrup, is to depart after just over two years in the role.

The announcement was made on the same day past and present NASA…

Earthquakes are violent events that alter the face of the planet. In many cases, those changes occur beneath the surface and only gradually become visible over thousands of years. Occasionally, however, an earthquake’s effects aren’t just…

A giant parachute built for Europe’s beleaguered ExoMars mission has aced a drop test with a mock lander during a test campaign in the Arctic.

The double parachute system consists of a 50-foot-wide (15-meter) first-stage chute and a secondary…

Some people along the northern part of the United States could get a light show in the sky Tuesday night, when the view line for the northern lights dips all the way to the Oregon-Washington border.

Tuesday night, the auroras could be visible…