Science & Tech

Column of ash launched 16,000 feet in air

Cell phone location data shows how people travel in near real-time

Space rock flew past us at over 20 kilometers per second

Lithium-ion batteries reach end of their life in just 25 cycles

"Unable to cope with her world closing in."

Little known at the time of Voyager 2’s flyby, plasmoids have since become recognized as an important way planets lose mass

Seventy-one percent think the worst is “still ahead.”

“Lacking data, the real death toll in China is a mystery."

Took place within first 100 million years, they say

There exists no evidence to link forest fires to climate change

“The waiting times are [extremely long] and nobody knows when things will get back to normal.”

Only three particles are enough to break the time symmetry

Extremely cold temperature after asteroid collision not devastating enough

Study says our solar system acquired current configuration not long after its formation

May explain why there's so few relatively large galaxies in the universe

If Jupiter had been at least 80 times more massive at its formation, it could have become a type of star called a red dwarf rather than a planet

Mission first launch of American astronauts aboard an American rocket & spacecraft since 2011

Early tests suggesting it can stop the virus from being contagious in just six days

Massive stars make our Sun look tiny in comparison

Image taken from over 160,000 light-years away

Researchers find evidence of 'large lighting strike or many smaller strikes on same spot'

Study puts emphasis on molten part of Earth's mantle rather than its core

"Fragile, highly porous asteroids like Ryugu are probably the link in the evolution of cosmic dust into massive celestial bodies," says astronomer

This is critical for future human space travel

As with Earth, asteroids delivered most of Mercury's water

An eclipsing binary, or double star system, is made up of two stars orbiting each other

Trials have already successfully been completed in mice and could be ready for human trials by June

Researchers yet to determine if its use was for ceremony or combat

Findings important for modeling black hole behavior

More than 300 trans-Neptunian objects found

New battery separator similar to a spillway of a dam, but for electrons

Finding may reveal details on early evolution of Universe, ancient black holes

The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporize metals

Strong winds push vaporized metal to cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets

Bird-like dinosaur encased in a 99-million-year-old piece of amber

Finding provides new foundation for lunar formation models