Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...

Last Tuesday, my neighbor asked me why her Mexican rice always turns out mushy while mine comes out fluffy and perfect. After years of disasters in my own kitchen (including one memorable batch that ...

Artist impression of exoplanet WASP-107b and its parent star. Credit: ESA, NASA Scientists observing the exoplanet WASP-107b with the James Webb Space Telescope say that the planet has clouds of sand ...

Black holes are always fascinating, and a new simulation adds to their mystery. You likely did not previously associate them with fluffy angel-food cake, but researchers at Caltech recently put ...

Star Wars has reached the deep sea as a new-to-science species has been named in honor of Chewbacca, everyone’s favourite Wookiee. A type of coral, it was first discovered on the seabed in Hawaii and ...

The gas giants in our solar system are all way out in the frigid reaches of the outer solar system, but as we look around the universe, there are plenty of toasty, gaseous exoplanets. Some of them ...