This composite image was created using optical-light images. NASA has shared a special space image to mark Valentine's Day, showing a heart-shaped nebula where new stars are being born. The agency ...

This Valentine’s Day, the sky is serving up the perfect target: the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) in Cassiopeia the Queen. Best seen in the early evening after dark, there’s no Moon in the sky to interfere ...

If you've ever felt that your love is so large, it needs a cosmic analogy to describe it, the Universe has you covered. Whether it's the serendipitous orientation of space objects, an age-old tale of ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “Eye of Sauron.” It is also one of the closest bright nebulae to Earth, located ...

Astronomers using the WHT Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer (WEAVE), a powerful new instrument mounted on the William Herschel Telescope on La Palma, have detected an unexpected, elongated structure of ...

This post is in response to What Is an Intelligent Personality? By Scott A. McGreal MSc. According to popular metaphors, the head and the heart respectively embody important features of one’s ...

Researchers tracking over 63,000 adults found that high-quality, minimally processed plant foods significantly reduce cardiovascular risk. But when those plant foods are ultra-processed, the advantage ...

Tyson Foods announced plans to shut down a plant in Lexington, Nebraska, that employs 3,200 workers. Tyson says it also plans to cut one of two shifts at a plant in Amarillo, Texas. The two moves will ...

A qubit is the delicate, information-processing heart of a quantum device. In the coming decades, advances in quantum information are expected to give us computers with new, powerful capabilities and ...

On a chilly October afternoon, a line formed outside an unassuming industrial building in Exeter. The scene had all the elements of a fall festival: live music, carnival games, a food truck. But plush ...