Researchers from Yale University have identified natural design principles in photosynthesis that could improve energy efficiency in new solar technology. In photosynthesis, green plants use…
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A new analysis of eighteen thousand colliding galaxies reveals that mergers like the one in galaxy NGC 4676 are the dominant mechanism for determining the…
This newly released Hubble image shows Seyfert galaxy 2XMM J143450.5+033843, which is located nearly 400 million light-years away from Earth. Not all galaxies have the…
Using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno Spacecraft, citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran created this enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s bands of…
For the first time, a computer simulation shows how solar material burst from the sun’s surface form, helping astronomers understand how these spicules can break…
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) for its third large-class mission in the agency’s Cosmic Vision science program….
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, disk-shaped galaxy that stopped making…
Aerospace engineers have developed a laser sensing technique, called laser polarimetry, that can decipher not only where but what kind of space junk may be…
NASA has released the first study of potential future missions to the mysterious “ice giant” planets Uranus and Neptune. The Ice Giant Mission Study is…
This newly released image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a view of the Mars Curiosity Rover amid rocky terrain on Mount Sharp. The car-size…