Scientists spot a ‘dark nebula’ being torn apart by rowdy infant stars โ€” offering clues about our own solar system’s past

Scientists spot a ‘dark nebula’ being torn apart by rowdy infant stars โ€” offering clues about our own solar system’s past

The Circinus West molecular cloud is a huge star-forming area 2,500 light-years from Earth. The gas and dust there is so thick, it renders the cloud opaque. (Image credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/…

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This โ€˜glow in the darkโ€™ battery runs on nuclear waste

This โ€˜glow in the darkโ€™ battery runs on nuclear waste

(Image credit: happyphoton by means of Getty Images) Researchers have actually established an ingenious battery that transforms energy from radioactive waste into electrical energy, changing a harmful spin-off of nuclear…

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