China emits illegal greenhouse gases that destroy the ozone layer: study

[ad_1] Factories in China's Shandong Province. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images There has been an increase in emissions of an illegal greenhouse gas that destroys the earth's ozone layer – and China is responsible for a "substantial fraction" of this increase, according to a new study. Research released Wednesday revealed that China accounted … Read more

The rocket of USC students reaches space by launching a record

[ad_1] The University of Southern California (USC) announced today (May 22) that a group of students has launched the first rocket designed by students and built by students. Their achievement, if confirmed, ends a decade-long informal competition between engineering schools around the world to create the first university rocket to perform spaceflight, officials said. USC … Read more

Bizarre Star could be the result of the merger of two white dwarfs

[ad_1] Stars live and die on epic time scales. Tens of millions of years, hundreds of millions of years, even billions of years or more. Perhaps the only thing that surpasses this epic is when two dead stars come together and come back to life. Astronomers from the University of Bonn in Germany, along with … Read more

Star Waltz with a Dramatic End

[ad_1] Astronomers from the University of Bonn and their colleagues from Moscow have identified an unusual celestial object. It is most likely the product of the fusion of two long-dead stars. After billions of years around us, these so – called white dwarves have merged and are resurrected from the dead. In the near future, … Read more

Discovery can explain the mystery of long-term parasites

[ad_1] Clay Cressler from Nebraska and his colleagues came up with an answer as to why a small percentage of people are struggling to expel parasitic worms that may reside in the intestines. Credit: Gabor Racz, Katie Black and Scott Schrage As a concert organizer, it's a difficult crowd. More than a billion people harbor … Read more