A cigar-shaped rock zooming through our Solar System -- the first object from a foreign star system ever spotted in our midst -- is cloaked in a coat of organic material, astronomers said Monday.
Dubbed Oumuamua, Hawaiian for "messenger" or "scout", the object was first viewed by telescopes in October. Given its weird trajectory, surprised scientists immediately concluded it was from beyondRead more
Our Sun is much like other stars, and not an anomaly because of its magnetic poles that flip every 11 years, scientists said Thursday.
The report in the journal Science aims to lay to rest the controversy over whether our solar system's star is cyclic, like other nearby, solar-type stars.
"We have shed light on a fundamental mechanism whichRead more
Scientists have invented a new kind of thin material that can cool a surface against the heat of the sun without using energy or typical air conditioning, a study said Thursday.
The glass-polymer hybrid material measures just 50 micrometers thick -- slightly more than aluminum foil -- and can be manufactured cheaply, researchers said in the journal Science.
"We feelRead more
The British newspaper "The Sun" urged on Tuesday backing Britain's departure from the EU.
"WE are about to make the biggest political decision of our lives. The Sun urges everyone to vote LEAVE," The Sun said.
"We must set ourselves free from dictatorial Brussels," he said.
Throughout our 43-year membership of the European Union it has proved increasingly greedy, wasteful,Read more