Canadian astronaut sings before returning to earth Chris Hadfield, the Canadian commander of the International Space Station (ISS), h... Read More

The first American space station, 40 years ago today. Launched into orbit on May 14th, 1973, Skylab was the United States'  first space ... Read More

A new theory for gravity. Maybe the father of classical gravity theory Sir Isaac Newton would not agree, but there is a new striking t... Read More

Geoffrey Marcy explains why we may not be alone. Planet-hunting is getting to be quite exciting. A huge number (1200) of planets are no... Read More

Australians ask: if it drips every 11 years, is it liquid? It’s a problem most scientists don’t have; what would happen if your experim... Read More

A very "science-y" intro created for the London  Sci-Fi Festival 2013.   Animation and Direction: Jordi Pages / Vimeo Sound and Score... Read More

Extra terrestrial's first biological signature Supernovae, or exploding stars, happen many light years away from earth. But the debris from... Read More

Serious plans to start the first human settlement on the red planet. Still have the same dream you had as a child? Still want to be an ... Read More

Who was responsible for Michael Jackson's death? Was it his physician? Were it drugs that killed him? Or, as some conspiracy theorists clai... Read More

Without gravity, everything changes--even washing your face We take so much for granted; even gravity. But a crew member of the Interna... Read More

From nuclear accelerators to your doorstep Particle physics, the study of the smallest subatomic constituents of matter and radiation, can ... Read More

As more advances are discovered, who are the lightest of the light? Over the past few years the science community has been abuzz about ... Read More

How about six of them. Or ten. First of all: Greetings, United Academics! All the way from Canada, no less… This is my first article ... Read More

Researchers create a type of wave structure that decreases amplitude . In physics and math there are wave structures called solitons (n... Read More

Larger mirrors mean better resolution, more discoveries. Optical telescopes (the kinds that work with light, instead of radio or other wa... Read More

Despite all the bad science plots that come out of Hollywood, some get it right. If you're a loyal United Academics reader than you kno... Read More

The particle found last year appears to really be the wanted Higgs boson. This massive machine is probably shut off for a while, because ... Read More

An emotional salute to those who explore space.   What happens when you make a mashup using the poetry of Walt Whitman and images from ... Read More

Astronauts share a new perspective on earth's uniqueness Here, astronauts share their unique experiences from being in space and seeing... Read More

Scientist and sci-fi writer gives us the nuts and bolts. When Greg Benford isn't working as a physicist at the University of California, Ir... Read More

solar system orbits to scale, solar system to scale distance... Read More

Making yourself invisible is no longer restricted to magic Alright, it's not really a cloak yet. But it does make things invisible. The... Read More

After days of rumors and speculation, the ESA has the facts. You might consider last week's asteroid impact in Russia old news, but the... Read More

"And here we watch as the large raindrop preys on the small weaker drops. Devouring them in one fluid motion..." physics humour, physic... Read More

Astrophysicist Vincent Icke tells what hit the earth today. The meteorite that hit the earth in Russia today was probably a piece of rocky ... Read More

Oddly shaped supernova leads scientists to believe they're seeing the birth of a black hole. NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory may have capt... Read More

Breathtaking footage of this rare solar event, is accompanied by a solarsonic soundtrack. Robert Alexander provides NASA scientists wi... Read More

The 45m-wide rock will swing closer to our planet than many satellites. 45-meter wide asteroid known as “2012 DA14” is on its way f... Read More

This video of Earth's only natural satellite was recorded without time lapse effects. The steady rise of a full moon across the horizon... Read More

If you think you're tough enough to be an astronaut, just remember to leave your tears at home. No, this isn't a testament to the machi... Read More

This short but sweet video comes to us from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and it features a very detailed Solar Eruption that took p... Read More

A classic experiment and one of the better science-experiment videos out there, this short but sweet clip shows how a bubble can float on dr... Read More

You've probably heard the proposals over the years, the idea that we use other planets for mining so that we don't have to keep tearing up t... Read More

It is 2.1 billion years old, comes from Mars, and at the moment, it is one of the only samples of Martian rocks to ever be studied here on E... Read More

Absolute Zero  (-273C) has long been seen as the holy grail of thermodynamics, a temperature that had never been reached but many have... Read More

Remember those tweets or facebook messages late at night or  in the morning about how beautiful the super-moon or the comet was last night?... Read More