Cell-free studies have demonstrated how collective action of actin-associated proteins can organize actin filaments into dynamic patterns, such as vortices, asters and stars. Using complementary ...

I learned in October 2022’s Breakthrough that the spikes of stars in high-power photos are called diffraction spikes. Why do they appear as two crosses at 45 degrees to each other? The diffraction ...

When producer Berly McCoy was out on her local frozen lake, she saw something she'd never seen before. There were dark spidery, star-shaped patterns in the ice and they freaked her out. So, we called ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected unusual dark beads in Saturn's ionosphere and a lopsided star pattern in its stratosphere. These previously unseen features may be interconnected and linked ...

A neutron star and black hole were detected merging along an unusual oval orbit, challenging long-held theories about how ...