An artist's impression of two neutron stars colliding in a kilonova. (Image courtesy of NASA) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Debris from some of the most powerful explosions in the universe is closer than you might think. In fact, you may have…
The teenager regained consciousness after surgery and was able to communicate exclusively in English, his second language. (Image credit: mediaphotos/Getty Images) Patient: 17-year-old boy from the Netherlands. Symptoms: The boy was admitted to a hospital in the Netherlands for surgery…
A special image, known as a schlieren image, taken during the Boom Supersonic XB-1 test flight on February 10
Giant butterfly owls (Caligo idomeneus) have owl-like eye spots on their wings, which help protect them from predators. (Image credit: Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) In this excerpt from Carbon: The Book of Life (Viking, 20
Researchers have produced the most detailed map of Antarctica's bedrock to date. (Image credit: Pritchard et al., Scientific Data (20
SpaceX's Dragon capsule bobs in the ocean off Florida, returning NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov after a 17-hour flight from the International Space Station. (Photo courtesy of NASA) Two NASA astronauts who…