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The sun, a massive nuclear-powered star at the center of the solar system, generates the heat and light that sustain life on Earth. But how hot is the sun?

Firms can manage their sourcing better by developing relationships not only with their suppliers but also with their suppliers' suppliers, according to two papers co-written by a University of Illinois expert in supply c...

Across the globe, hundreds of species of birds can be seen flying in V-formations. We have long suspected that these formation might help birds fly with less effort. Yet the precise mechanics have remained unknown - unti...

Washington D.C.'s National Zoo shows off its new giant panda cub. Alicia Powell reports.

(Phys.org) --Researchers simulating how certain bacteria run electrical current through tiny molecular wires have discovered a secret Nature uses for electron travel. The results are key to understanding how the bacteria...

The Pocket Drone is a tiny, tiny drone that can quickly collapse and be concealed, but is also strong enough to carry a high-quality camera. What might people use this for? Oh, you know, recreation. Filming footage of bi...

Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand, but it's actually nearly 100 feet (30 meters) shorter than was previously thought.

What does Google want with your central heating – and what could this mean for the future of smart homes?     

The polar bear's days are not numbered, if nations continue to act.

Lief Ristroph and Stephen Childress of New York University have taken an alternate route around evolution's highway: They've created a miniature flying machine that moves not like a bird or insect, but a jellyfish. Rathe...

Technology experts cite various government agencies -- as well as a handful of individuals -- that have played an instrumental role in inventing what we know today as the Internet.

The most massive stars in our universe--those at least 10 times more massive than our sun--shape the environments of the galaxies they live in. They're also responsible for producing heavy elements, which are necessary t...

To help combat elephant poaching, the United States crushed its stockpile of illegal ivory for the first time last year. Now European Union member states could be poised to follow suit.

In Light / In Dark Bioglow St. Louis-based biotech company Bioglow has put 20 of its light-emitting plants up for auction. First off, here's where you can bid. The plant, called Starlight Avatar, glows blue-green through...

The furnace uses a lot of a home's energy -- so why are they not getting more efficient?

Scientists are mapping out a mission to the metallic asteroid Psyche, which is thought to be the exposed iron core of a protoplanet. The proposed mission would reveal insights about planet formation and afford the first-...

West Virginia's water is starting to look a little clearer - but the fallout is still murky.

The familiar "V" formation birds assume when in flight, engrained in our shared cultural cognizance by the 1992 Walt Disney movie "The Mighty Ducks," has long baffled scientists who, aside from theories, had little evide...

Astronomers have found a quiescent black hole orbiting a massive, fast-rotating 'B-emission' star, suggesting that these strange binary systems may be common throughout the Milky Way galaxy.

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Supermoon was a term invented by astrologer Richard Nolle many years earlier to refer to the coincidence between two astronomical events: a full moon and lunar perigee, when the moon is at its closest point to Earth.

Massive stars can wreak havoc on their surroundings, as can be seen in this beautiful space wallpaper of the Carina nebula from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.