Messier 1 better known as the Crab Nebula, Charles Messier originally mistook Messier 1 for Halley’s Comet, which inspired him to create his famous catalog of objects. Peering deep into M1, this ...

The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. This object is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae to Earth. The Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics have unveiled a groundbreaking map of human DNA mixing during reproduction, offering insights into genetic diversity, health, and fertility. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still carry the genetic fingerprint of that intermixing. Since then ...

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and president and co-founder of DNA Bridge, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Syria and elsewhere have ...

Most were identified as star clusters, nebulae, supernova remnants, or glowing clouds of gas. However, 40 of these objects stood apart. These mysterious whirlpool-like shapes, collectively called the ...

We are staring "right down the barrel of it, which is really quite surprising to me — we're just lucky." One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a ...

Of course, though, testing a child's parentage based on physical features is far too subjective — that's typically where DNA tests come in. Such tests can offer a far more scientific way of ...

“The scene pictured here is on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula, the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local Universe.” The Tarantula Nebula is also known as NGC 2070 or 30 ...

Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA) Nebulae are all but impossible to spot in the night sky, but you'd never know it. Through a telescope, they make the ...