Science & Space News: Discoveries, Astronomy and Research

Physicists have set a world record for the intensity of ultrashort hard X-ray pulses, according to a release from European XFEL published by ScienceDaily. Each flash lasted an estimated 300 attoseconds and was focused into a spot roughly 10

People all over the planet see essentially the same moon phase at the same moment, according to EarthSky. The moon can still look quite different depending on where you stand, because its orientation in your sky changes with your location a

Tiny protein fibers in semen can help RNA from the surrounding fluid get inside sperm cells and, in laboratory experiments, on into mouse embryos, according to a study in the journal Molecular Cell, as reported by ScienceAlert. The fibers h

Where a nuclear X-ray burst strikes an asteroid may matter as much as the blast itself. A new computer study from Sandia National Laboratories found that the push given to the same asteroid changed nearly fivefold depending on the direction

People with tinnitus had blood levels of an ear protein called prestin that were about 50 percent higher than those of people without the condition, according to a new study. ScienceAlert reported that the finding could be a step toward an

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory fell out of orbit and burned up over Sumatra early on Nov. 4, Live Science reported, ending 22 years of work studying some of the most powerful explosions in the universe. One of its best-known leftover

Scientists have built a computer model that shows how a rocky planet, including Earth, would evolve if life never appeared on it. According to Space.com, the tool is meant to help astronomers judge whether the gases in a distant planet's at

An international team of physicists says it has created an exotic quantum state of matter called a supersolid without the extreme cooling that such states usually demand. According to ScienceAlert, the results were published in the journal

Archaeologists in northeastern France have excavated a small cemetery from the fifth century that includes two male burials with weapons and two buried warhorses. Live Science reported that the site, near the city of Colmar, may help explai

Archaeologists say a monumental tomb in southern Siberia holds the earliest known evidence of cannabis being used to get high, at least 2,800 years ago. According to The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the claim rests on cannabis seeds and prese

Archaeologists say a monumental tomb in southern Siberia has produced the oldest directly dated evidence that people used cannabis for its intoxicating effects. The researchers found cannabis seeds and chemical traces of the plant in preser

As Godzilla Minus Zero reaches theaters, astronomy has its own King Ghidorah. According to Space.com, a huge collection of galaxies called the King Ghidorah Supercluster was named after the three-headed golden monster. Space.com describes i