Innovative Solution to Solving a Longstanding Fusion Challenge
Novel design could help shed excess heat in next-generation fusion power plants. A class exercise at MIT, aided by industry researchers, has led to an…
Astronauts Safe After Soyuz Launch Abort
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin are in good condition following an aborted launch of their Soyuz spacecraft. The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft…
Scientists Solve Recent Mystery at the Center of the Milky Way
Astronomers from Lund University in Sweden have now found the explanation to a recent mystery at the center of the Milky Way galaxy: the high…
Soyuz Rocket Ready for Launch to International Space Station
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 57 crewmembers…
Juno Captures Amazing View of Jupiter’s Swirling Southern Hemisphere
In the final minutes of a recent close flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a departing view of the planet’s swirling southern hemisphere. This…
Scientists Home In On The Mystery Of Titan’s Atmospheric Haze
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is unique among all moons in our solar system for its dense and nitrogen-rich atmosphere that also contains hydrocarbons and other…
Drying, Less Predictable Climate May Have Spurred Human Evolution
A progressively drying climate punctuated by variable wetter episodes may have precipitated the transition from our hominin ancestors to anatomically modern humans, according to research…
Hubble Telescope in Safe Mode, Issues Being Diagnosed
NASA is working to resume science operations of the Hubble Space Telescope after the spacecraft entered safe mode on Friday, October 5, shortly after 6:00…
ALMA Reveals Aftermath of White Dwarf and Brown Dwarf Collision
Researchers from Keele University have worked with an international team of astronomers to find for the first time that a white dwarf star and a…
MUSE Spectrograph Reveals a Universe Aglow
Deep observations made with the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have uncovered vast cosmic reservoirs of atomic hydrogen surrounding distant galaxies. The exquisite…
Yale Scientists Explore the Role of Glucose Metabolism in Malaria
More than one million people die annually from cerebral malaria, the most lethal form of the disease. A recent study, led by Yale investigators, explores…
Hubble Telescope Image of the Week – Rings Upon Rings
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a spiral galaxy named Messier 95 (also known as M95 or NGC 3351). Located about 35…
NASA Voyager 2 Nearing Interstellar Space, Measures Increase in Cosmic Rays
NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system. Launched…
Astronomers Measure Remarkable Flares from the Galactic Center
Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, is 100 times closer to us than any other…
Scientists Find Evidence of ‘Orphan’ Gamma-Ray Bursts
Astronomers typically study objects that are visible night after night or explode suddenly, like supernovas, but Casey Law is scouring vast amounts of data in…
NASA Satellite Captures 360-View of Hurricane Maria
Two days before Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the NASA/JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite captured a 3D view of the 2017 storm. At…
Final Cassini Orbits Provide Huge Leap Forward in Our Understanding of the Saturn System
New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft represents a huge leap forward in our understanding of the Saturn system — especially…
Hubble and Kepler Reveal First Evidence of a Moon Outside Our Solar System
Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet…