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The James Webb Space Telescope has finally arrived at its new home. After a Christmas launch and a month of unfolding and assembling itself in space, the new space observatory reached its final destination, a spot known as L2. Guiding the telescope to…

Researchers at Fermi National Laboratory, or Fermilab, in Illinois, have found new evidence suggesting that a subatomic particle called a muon does not follow known laws of physics and indicates existence of the fifth force of nature. Muons look a lot…

NASA  took a big step on Saturday after the successful deployment of its James Webb telescope in space, the agency said. The risky manoeuver, which NASA has never performed before, marked the last stage of the telescope’s 50 major deployments. NASA te…

Researchers have identified the first signature of a  magnetic field  surrounding a planet outside our  solar system . The earth’s magnetic field acts as a protective shield against high-energy particles from the sun, the so-called solar wind. Magneti…

Víctor Rivilla & his colleagues at the Spanish Astrobiology Centre in Madrid have made an astonishing discovery. The team identified a vital component of the simplest phospholipid in space. If you don’t know, phospholipids are molecules that made …

Almost four years ago, astronomers discovered a supernova that didn’t fit in:  AT2018cow  – simply known as the "Cow" – was brighter and shorter than other such events. It turned out to be the first of several unusual stellar explosions. N…

You don’t have to know a whole lot about science to know that black holes normally suck things in, not spew things out. But NASA detected something mighty bizarre at the supermassive black hole Markarian 335. Two of NASA’s space telescopes, includin…

Human civilization has come a long way since the early days of our species. Rising out of caves and undeveloped lands, humans have built cities and homes that the early generations could never have imagined. The widespread growth of globalization has …