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Do songbirds share ‘universal grammar’?
A new study suggests that humans and songbirds have common biological hardwiring that shapes how they produce and perceive sounds.
November 30, 2017
Pulsars were discovered 50 years ago
In 1967, while helping analyze data from a new telescope, Cambridge student Jocelyn Bell observed a bit of "scruff" - the first evidence of a pulsar. The discovery changed our view of the universe.
November 30, 2017
Hello, Small Magellanic Cloud
The Small Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy orbiting our Milky Way and a beautiful night-sky gem for those in Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Here it is in the light of atomic hydrogen. Whoa!
November 30, 2017
Probing the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Astronomers used an instrument called MUSE to conduct the deepest-ever spectroscopic survey. The result was a bonanza of new knowledge.
November 29, 2017
Your dog is good for your heart
Can your dog help you live longer? Maybe, according to a new study of the association between dog ownership and cardiovascular health among more than 3.4 million Swedes.
November 29, 2017
Clouds near Australia
This beautiful and unusual cloud pattern - captured by a NASA satellite - was caused by a phenomenon called "gravity waves."
November 29, 2017
Most blue whales are ‘right-handed’
Of course, they don't have hands. But scientists used motion-sensing tags to show that most blue whales roll to the right as they feed – except when swimming upward.
November 28, 2017
Early morning halo over Idaho
Sheryl R. Garrison in north Idaho wrote: "This morning began with a stunning sunrise followed by a beautiful 22-degree halo over the Pend Oreille river."
November 28, 2017
Saturn-Mercury conjunction is 1st of 3
Saturn and Mercury come together low in the western twilight sky on November 28, 2017. Here's how to spot them.
November 28, 2017
Now we know Earth blocks neutrinos
"This achievement is important because it shows, for the first time, that very-high-energy neutrinos can be absorbed by something -- in this case, the Earth."
November 27, 2017
