The starry night redux: Dark energy camera captures stars, nebulae, clusters, and more in a rich, van Gogh-esque scene

The 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam) captures a vibrant scene filled with swirls and ...
Scientific American

August’s solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity

Solar eclipses are a rare and brief opportunity for scientists to gather data on everything from the physics of the sun to ...
Science Daily

“Silly sprinklers” help scientists finally solve Feynman’s famous sprinkler mystery

A team of mathematicians used whimsical "silly sprinklers" to solve a physics mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades ...
Astronomy

Is this the first known binary system to produce two supernova remnants?

When massive stars die, they explode, leaving behind supernova remnants. Given how common binary star systems are — more than half the stars in our galaxy have a companion — it stands to reason that ...
eLife

A genetic screen reveals dosage-sensitive effects of ASD genes and identifies domino as a regulator of synaptic and behavioral phenotypes

Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, United States Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, United States ...