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Jun 05, 2013 07:41 AM EDT

Meteorites Carried Life-Producing Reactive Phosphorus to Earth 3.5 Billion Years Ago

The new discovery explains how the reactive 'phosphorous' an essential component for creating life form came to Earth from asteroids some 3.5 billion years ago and they helped in creating the earliest form of life.

May 31, 2013 02:20 PM EDT

First Images of Reacting Molecules Snapped: Chemist's Dream Come True

It's a chemist's dream come true. Researchers have snapped an atomic-scale picture of a chemical before and after it reacts. The new images hold enormous potential for future study into how chemicals react with one another.

May 22, 2013 10:17 AM EDT

Engineers Create Clean Hydrogen: The Future of Powering Cars

Hydrogen may be the future of clean energy. Engineers at Duke University have developed a novel method for creating clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels.

May 16, 2013 05:42 AM EDT

Billion-Year-Old Water Found in Canada Holds Clues About Ancient Life

A U.K.-Canadian team of scientists has discovered billion-year-old water deep underground from a mine that is 2.4 kilometers beneath Ontario. This water could be the oldest on the planet, and leads to the possibility of similar life being discovered on Mars.

May 13, 2013 05:45 AM EDT

Second Meteorite Hits Connecticut House Within a Month

It looks like Connecticut towns are a new target for space rocks, with a second meteorite hitting a Connecticut house in less than a month last Wednesday, in the city of Waterbury. The place is just two miles away from Walcott, where the April collision took place.

May 09, 2013 06:27 AM EDT

Hydrogen Gas Clouds Discovered between Milky Way's Neighboring Galaxies

A graduate student from West Virginia University has revealed a previously unrecognized huddle of gas clouds between Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, neighbors of our Milky Way.

May 08, 2013 04:18 AM EDT

Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas, Herschel Finds

With the help of far-infrared imaging, ESA's Herschel observatory has seen in detail how the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy snacks on a cloud of hot gas that is orbiting or falling into it.

May 03, 2013 02:37 PM EDT

Subterranean Dark Matter Detector Starts Listening for Elusive Particles

Buried 2.5 kilometers below the surface, a new dark matter detector in Canada has begun its search for the elusive dark matter, which scientists believe accounts for nearly 90 per cent of all matter in the universe.

Apr 24, 2013 04:07 AM EDT

Most Environmentally-Friendly Galaxy Spotted, Converts Fuel into Stars

According to the astronomers, the galaxy converts fuel into stars with almost 100 percent efficiency. Located some 6 billion light years from Earth, this may be the most environmentally-friendly galaxy ever spotted.

Apr 18, 2013 04:32 AM EDT

ALMA Captures more than 100 Ancient Star-Forming Galaxies

With the help of the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope a team of astronomers have pinpointed locations of over 100 of most fertile star forming galaxies in the early universe.

Apr 18, 2013 03:49 AM EDT

Next Breakthrough in Cosmology will Come from the Dark Side: Stephen Hawking

The world famous cosmologist Stephen Hawking addressed huge gathering at California in which he stated the next breakthrough in cosmology will come from the dark side of the universe.

Apr 03, 2013 02:00 PM EDT

Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Production: The Future of Renewable Energy in Plants

The future of renewable energy may be here. Researchers have made a breakthrough when it comes to hydrogen fuel production, extracting vast quantities of the material from plants.