Have the squirrels gone nuts? Killer squirrels might seem like sci-fi, but squirrels in California have been observed hunting and eating voles for the first time, leading scientists to believe that ...

NASA and GLOBE, an international student Earth science program, invite the public to join in a scientific experiment on Thursday, Oct. 13. It’s simple: observe the sky over your area and report on the ...

ESA’s Herschel space observatory is expected to exhaust its supply of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks after spending more than three exciting years studying the cool universe. Herschel was ...

So, you're ready to pack up your telescope and head out again, are you? Well, here are a few more things I've learned through the years that might make your session more successful. Good luck! In such ...

When you become a young observer of the skies, happy to be out in a dark field at night with a 6-inch or 8-inch scope, you never dream of the kind of night of observing I experienced on Thursday, June ...

A study published in Nature reports the first observation of emergent anyonic behaviour in a 1D ultracold bosonic gas. This research is a collaboration between Hanns-Christoph Nägerl's experimental ...