Physics and Astronomy
This area deals with the fundamental laws and building blocks of nature and how they interact, the properties and the behavior of matter, and research into space and time and their structures.
innovations-report provides in-depth reports and articles on subjects such as astrophysics, laser technologies, nuclear, quantum, particle and solid-state physics, nanotechnologies, planetary research and findings (Mars, Venus) and developments related to the Hubble Telescope.
Rainfall Suspected Culprit in Leaf Disease Transmission
Instead of focusing on the large-scale, ecological impact of this problem, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge and…
NASA's Hubble confirms that galaxies are the ultimate recyclers
This ongoing recycling keeps some galaxies from emptying their “fuel tanks” and stretches their star-forming epoch to over 10 billion years. This conclusion is…
Assembly stand completed for NASA's Webb Telescope flight optics
“This milestone is important as it marks the transition to the integration and testing phase for the Webb telescope's optical telescope element,” said Lee…
Scientists Find Evidence for Subsurface ‘Great Lake’ on Europa
Many more such lakes exist throughout the shallow regions of Europa’s shell, the researchers predict in an online article for the journal Nature. Further…
NASA's Chandra adds to black hole birth announcement
Over three decades ago, Stephen Hawking placed — and eventually lost – a bet against the existence of a black hole in Cygnus X-1. Today, astronomers are…
VLBA observations key to 'complete description' of black hole
For the first time, astronomers have produced a complete description of a black hole, a concentration of mass so dense that not even light can escape its…