The star gamma-Cas (γ-Cas) makes up the central ‘point’ of the distinctive ‘W’-shaped constellation Cassiopeia. Close to the ...

High-resolution observations made by XRISM have revealed the origin of the curious X-rays coming from naked-eye star ...

Artist's impression of massive star gamma-Cas and its small-but-dense white dwarf companion. New data from XRISM show that ...

Honey bees performing waggle dance ...

This shows an embryo around 11 weeks of gestation, acquired via 3D transvaginal ultrasound examination. The researchers thank ...

Above left, Oscar Cavazos (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) joins other marine techs in preparing a new sediment core ...

Glaciologist Hajo Eicken has officially taken over as Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute. He returns to Bremerhaven ...

A dancing honey bee (center) is surrounded by an audience of “followers” that carefully interpret the movements of the ...

This map shows the change in number of “ice crust days” across the 53 monitoring sites during the simulated winter with 2 C warming. The Cascade sites overwhelmingly saw fewer theoretical ice crust ...

A cross-section of snowpack reveals a thin, darker ice layer running horizontally through the snow. Ice layers like this one form when rain falls onto snow and freezes, forming a crust. This creates a ...

MRI scans of human (left) and mouse (right) brains revealed patterns of connectivity (circles) that change with age.

When honey bee foragers locate a food source, such as this lemonade berry sumac shrub (Rhus integrifolia), they return to the hive and communicate the source through the intricate details of the ...