Astronomers discover a giant disk galaxy two billion years after the Big Bang .

The discovery of "Big Wheel" presents a significant challenge to current astrophysical models.

The galaxy appears to reside in a highly over-dense environment, a factor that researchers believe may have been crucial in its unexpected formation.

A Yale team has developed a new way to measure pressure changes that force plants to open and close their microscopic pores.

The new approach vastly expands the rate at which scientists can take measurements on plants.

Quantifying those changes will help scientists understand how quickly stomata can open, which ultimately determines the balance between how much carbon a plant absorbs and how much water it loses while its pores are open.

The study is the first published application of the new approach in stomatoms in Bryophytes .

Researchers at Beijing Normal University carried out a study aimed at better understanding how humans make sense of their relationships.

They created a framework that outlines the universal structure of relationships across cultures and historical periods.

This model could soon be used to study the links between different dimensions of relationships and real-world phenomena, such as divorce.

Researchers from Kiel University have used hydroacoustic methods to investigate the seafloor in the southwestern Baltic Sea for human traces.

Around 36% of the investigated areas show various influences on the seabed caused by human activities such as bottom trawling, shipping, anchor marks and dumping.

The findings raise critical questions about the ecological resilience of this marine habitat whose potential for recovery is poorly understood.

Researchers from Brown University and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds.

The surface is intricately patterned with billions of nanoscale holes, which help to reduce the material's weight and increase its reflectivity, giving it more acceleration potential.

The research is a significant step toward realizing goals like those of the Starshot Breakthrough Initiative .

Methyl halides are molecules that incorporate carbon atoms and three hydrogen atoms attached to a halogen atom such as bromine, chlorine or fluorine.

They could produce a biosignature in the atmosphere of a hycean world that's more easily detectable than the signature of oxygen is on an Earth -like planet.

For now, the existence of hycean worlds remains hypothetical.

Earth-like worlds orbiting red dwarfs could be in short supply.

Red dwarfs are fierce little beasts, prone to unleashing bursts of harsh radiation that can strip away the atmosphere.

But hycean worlds protected by their thick hydrogen atmospheres might be less vulnerable to attack from their star.

Red dwarf systems make up about three-quarters of all stars in our Milky Way galaxy.

A new experiment shows a tiny electric current generated by a stationary cylinder simply rotating with Earth .

The experiment was first tested by Michael Faraday in 1832 , but his experiments failed, leaving scientists convinced it was impossible.

The finding hints at a previously overlooked method of harvesting energy, one that taps into Earth 's spin.

Earth 's rotation gradually slows due to interactions with the Moon and oceans.

Capturing a minuscule fraction of this energy would not disrupt the planet’s rotation significantly.

Instead, it would provide a previously untapped, renewable energy source.

Chyba speculates that future devices might use stronger magnetic fields in space.

NASA and the European Space Agency release the photo.

The Webb Space Telescope captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making.

The outflow is about 625 light-years from Earth in one of the closest star-forming regions of our Milky Way galaxy.

Webb is the largest and most powerful observatory ever launched into space.

Discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for evidence of past life on Mars .

The organic molecules found by Curiosity consist of carbon atoms linked in long chains, with other elements bonded to them, like hydrogen and oxygen.

They come from a 3.7-billion -year-old rock dubbed Cumberland , encountered by the rover.

The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off.

The Spectrum rocket, developed by German start-up Isar Aerospace , started smoking from its sides, then crashed back to Earth .

It was the first of an orbital launch vehicle from the European continent, excluding Russia , and Europe 's first financed almost exclusively by the private sector.