Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up a large portion of the universe. It is called “dark” because…
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The VLT’s Laser Guide Star: A laser beam launched from VLT’s 8.2-meter Yepun telescope crosses the majestic southern sky and creates an artificial star at…
The researchers are planning to continue their research and develop a drug that can treat patients. Scientists have identified new cancer treatment targets. In Switzerland,…
The researchers discovered that the compound benzyloxy-cyclopentyladenosine was a potent painkiller in test model systems. A promising new non-opioid painkiller (analgesic) has been discovered, with…
This illustration depicts a brown dwarf – an object that is too heavy to be characterized as a planet, but not massive enough to power…
University of South Florida geologist Bogdan Onac stands next to preindustrial overgrowths in the Cala Varques cave in Mallorca, Spain. Credit: University of South Florida…
The DART spacecraft’s collision with its target may leave the asteroid unrecognizable, rather than just a minor crater. University of Bern researchers simulate planetary defense.…
Low-mass planets with a primordial atmosphere of hydrogen and helium might have the temperatures and pressures that allow water in the liquid phase. The presence…
Artist’s impression of WASP-189b, an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 133112 which is one of the hottest stars known to have a planetary system. Credit:…
Artist’s impression of planets orbiting a red dwarf. Credit: Mark Garlick Led by the University of BernFounded in 1834, the University of Bern (German: Universität…
Illustration of planet formation around a Sun-like star, with the building blocks of the planets – rocks and iron molecules – in the foreground. Credit:…
The Bernese theoretical astrophysicist Kevin Heng has achieved a rare feat: On paper, he has derived novel solutions to an old mathematical problem needed to…
Artist’s impression of the Nu2 Lupi planetary system. Credit: © ESA Photobombs — when something or someone unexpectedly enters a camera’s field of sight during…
The FlyPol instrument, which was used to measure biosignatures from the air, aboard the helicopter. Credit: Courtesy of Lucas Patty It could be a milestone…
This artist’s illustration represents the possible interior dynamics of the super-Earth exoplanet LHS 3844b. The planet’s interior properties and the strong stellar irradiation might lead…
Working at high-security laboratory of the Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI). Credit: © IVI How dangerous are new mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus? An…
Artist’s composition of the two brown dwarfs, in the foreground Oph 98B in purple, in the background Oph 98A in red. Oph 98A is the…
This data image shows the monthly average sea surface temperature for May 2015. Between 2013 and 2016, a large mass of unusually warm ocean water…
The top of the planet’s atmosphere is heated to a blazing 2,500 degrees Celsius, hot enough to boil some metals. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G.…
The mass spectrometer ORIGIN. Credit: © University of Bern, Image: Andreas Riedo Researchers at the University of Bern have developed the highly sensitive ORIGIN instrument,…