NASA Explains Space Radiation and Its Effects on the Human Body
NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) is investigating charged particles to solve one of its biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars: space radiation and…
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MIT Study Predicts Thresholds for a Sixth Mass Extinction
Juno Spacecraft Image From Its Eighth Flyby of Jupiter
JVLA Details the Structure of the Mini-Halo in the Perseus Cluster
New Flexible Cooling Device Could Provide Efficient Cooling for Mobile Electronics
Copper Nanoparticles Yield High Efficiency CO2-to-Fuels Conversion
Defects In Metal Oxides May Be Key To Their Performance
Fast Radio Bursts Should Occur Over the Entire Observable Universe
Hubble Telescope Discovers a Binary Main-Belt Comet
Milky Way Might Not Be as “Typical” as Previously Thought
New research from Yale University and the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey reveals that the Milky Way might not be as “typical” as previously…
New Microfluidic Device Uses Acoustics to Quickly Analyze Blood
A team of engineers has developed a new microfluidic device uses acoustics to quickly analyze blood for signatures of cancer and other diseases. Cells secrete…
ALMA Views Aging Star U Antliae Blow Off Smoky Bubble
ALMA reveals a strikingly beautiful view of a delicate bubble of expelled material around the exotic red star U Antliae, helping astronomers to better understand…
International Space Station Image of Northern Lights Over Canada
Newly released image of aurora borealis over Canada as seen by the crew aboard the International Space Station. The spectacular aurora borealis, or the “northern…
Scientists Demonstrate Efficient, Light-Powered Production of Fuel via Artificial Photosynthesis
In a new study, Berkeley Lab scientists harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than…
New Study Reveals Why Some People Develop Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
A team of researchers has uncovered two closely related cytokines — molecules involved in cell communication and movement — that may explain why some people…
NASA Study Shows Wind and Warm Water Accelerating Glacier Melt
New research from NASA reveals the Antarctic glaciers that accelerated the fastest between 2008 and 2014 and finds that the most likely cause of their…
Astronomers Observe V745 Sco System, Generate New 3D Model
Astronomers observed V745 Sco about two weeks after its most recent outburst in 2014 with Chandra, enabling them to generate this new 3D model that…
Herschel Space Telescope Helps Unlocked the Secrets of Star Formation
Using the Herschel Space Telescope, astronomers have made giant strides in our understanding of the physical processes that lead to the birth of stars and…