Surface Features Detected on Pluto, Possible Polar Cap
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has detected surface features on Pluto, revealing bright and dark regions on the surface. The images were captured in early to…
NuSTAR Spots Mysterious Glow of High-Energy X-Rays at Our Galaxy Center
NASA’s NuSTAR has spotted a mysterious glow of high-energy X-rays at the center of our Galaxy. Astronomers aren’t sure what the sources of the extra…
New Horizons Spacecraft Views Pluto and Charon Rotation
These new images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show one complete rotation of Pluto and its largest moon Charon. This series of New Horizons images…
Paleontologists Discover Bizarre ‘Platypus’ Dinosaur
A team of scientists have unearthed fossils of a strange dinosaur in southern Chile. Named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi, this dinosaur featured a bizarre combination of traits….
Robotic Telescope Reveals Three Super-Earths Orbiting HD 7924
Using a telescope that robotically searches for planets on clear nights, astronomers have discovered three super-Earth mass planets orbiting HD 7924. A team of astronomers…
New Conifer Study Illustrates Twists of Evolution
A new study from Brown University examines a specialized pollination mechanism in conifers whose traits are linked through function but not development, exploring how integration…
Solution to the Coronal Heating Mystery Presented at 2015 TESS Meeting
Researchers detail why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface, revealing that the heating mechanism depends on regular, but intermittent explosive bursts…
Astronomers Discover Radio Phoenix Close to the Moment of Its Formation
Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, the Very Large Array ad the optical Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers have…
Nanoparticles Deliver PNA Molecules to Correct Mutation in Cystic Fibrosis
New research details how a team of scientists delivered peptide nucleic acids and donor DNA via microscopic nanoparticles to successfully corrected the most common mutation…
Astronomers Reveal “Missing-Link” in the Supernova-GRB Connection
A newly published study details the “missing link” between supernova explosions that generate gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and those that don’t. Astronomers using the National Science…
NASA’s MESSENGER Spacecraft Seeks to Unmask the Secrets of Mercury
Since entering Mercury orbit on March 17, 2011, NASA’s MESSENGER Spacecraft has provided astronomers with over 250,000 images and extensive other data sets. The Mercury…
Hubble Image of the Week: Galactic Refurbishment
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy UGC 5797. The smudge of stars at the center of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a…
Modern Humans Triggered the Demise of Neanderthals
A newly published study reveals that Homo sapiens belonging to the Protoaurignacian culture may have been the ultimate cause for the demise of Neanderthals. Researchers…
Nearby Star-Forming Galaxies Can Form Massive Black Holes
New research shows that a supermassive black hole exists in a place where it isn’t supposed to be, opening a new door to understanding what…
Targeting Brain Metastases with Stem Cell Therapy
Researchers have developed an in vivo imageable breast-to-brain metastasis mouse model. Using real time in vivo imaging and subsequent composite fluorescence imaging, they show a…
Neuroscientists Show How Brain Cells Control the Flood of Information
Neuroscientists from Brown University show how cells in the brain’s cortex can either stifle or enhance sensory information incoming from the thalamus, thereby allowing it…
The First Complete View of the Yellowstone Magmatic System
A newly published study provides the first complete view of the Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust, revealing a gigantic…
FDA Approved Tapeworm Drug Shows Promise Against MRSA
New research from Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital reveal that a common tapeworm drug (which is already approved for use in humans) effectively treated…