Why do we like fatty foods so much? Fat gives foods some special qualities we like. Plus, the close tie between fat, flavor, fullness, and happiness might be an evolutionary adaptation.
First distinct (resolved) observation of a water snow line - aka a frost line - the distance from a star where temperatures drop so low that water turns to ice.
The survey shows 250,000 galaxies in an area of sky 4 times the size of a full moon. It'll be used to help trace galaxy evolution over the last 13 billion years.
It was the first meteorite in the Egyptian record. Years after the event, scientists concluded through various tests that it came all the way from Mars.
Daniela Breitman - a Canadian writer, formerly with From Quarks to Quasars - is currently studying Applied Sciences with the goal of becoming an astrophysicist. An amateur photographer, she also loves writing and literature and is a huge science fiction fan. In fact, she's passionate about many things.