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New Study Confirms the Light From Outside Our Galaxy Is Brighter Than Expected

Scientists analyzed new measurements showing that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies, challenging assumptions about the number and environment of stars in the universe. Results of the study led by researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have been posted to ...

Troy Oakes

Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

Collisions of Light Produce Matter and Antimatter from Pure Energy

Scientists studying particle collisions of light at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) — a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory — have produced definitive evidence for two physics phenomena predicted more than 80 years ago. The results were derived from a detailed analysis of ...

Troy Oakes

A person at night shining a flashlight into the sky.

Taking Good Care of Your Houseplants

Have you decided to buy a houseplant for your home? If so, do you know how to take good care of it? Without proper care, your houseplants can wither and die off quickly. To avoid this, some basic knowledge of plant care is necessary. Some basic knowledge of plant care for housepolants Overwatering houseplants Houseplants ...

Jessica Kneipp

African violets.

And Then There Was Light: Looking for the First Stars in the Universe

Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been traveling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the life and death of the first stars. In a paper on the preprint site arXiv, soon to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team led by Dr. Nichole Barry from Australia’s University ...

Troy Oakes

Dr. Nichole Barry at The Murchison Widefield Array.