NASA’s NExSS Coalition to Search for Life on Distant Worlds
NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, or “NExSS,” coalition brings experts from a variety of scientific fields together for an unprecedented initiative dedicated to the…
New Study Reveals No Association Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
A newly published study involving 95,000 children reveals that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine was not associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders, regardless of…
Astronomers Discover a Supervoid 1.8 Billion Light Years Across
Using the WISE-2MASS infrared galaxy catalog matched with Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) galaxies, astronomers reveal a supervoid aligned with the cold spot of the cosmic microwave background….
New Tabletop Detector Identifies Single Electrons
A new tabletop particle detector is able to identify single electrons in a radioactive gas, a big step toward measuring the mass of a neutrino….
New Research Shows Odor Receptors Do Much More Than Pick Up Scents
New research from Yale University sheds light on sensory neural development and possible new ways to identify mechanisms that can repair damage to the central…
Cassini Image Shows Surface Features on Rhea
Taken this past February, this Cassini image shows surface features on Saturn’s moon Rhea. Surface features on Rhea – mostly impact craters in this image…
Cosmologically Complicating Dust – Previously Reported Curl Signal Due to Galactic Dust
Astronomers reveal that previously reported measurements attributed to the effects of cosmic inflation are instead almost certainly due to the effects of galactic dust. The…
Oldest Known Human Ancestors May Have Had Precision Grip Capabilities
Researchers present a kinematic model of thumb–index precision grip and manipulative movement based on bony hand morphology in a broad sample of extant primates and…
CyTOF Gives Researchers Greater Insight into the Intricacies of Immune Cells
Researchers from Yale University are using CyTOF, which stands for cytometry by time-of-flight, to explore the mysteries of the immune system. Why do some individuals…
NASA Scientists Identify Small-Scale Waves on Jupiter
Using data from New Horizons Jupiter flyby, astronomers have discovered evidence of a type of atmospheric wave that had long been proposed but had not…
New Observations Reveal How Star Formation Shuts Down in Elliptical Galaxies
New research reveals that three billion years after the Big Bang, massive elliptical galaxies still made stars on their outskirts, but no longer in their…
Hubble Image of the Week – Peculiar Galaxy ESO 162-17
This Hubble image of the week shows peculiar galaxy ESO 162-17, which is located about 40 million light-years away. This galaxy goes by the name…
Ebola-Like Virus Safely Destroys Brain Tumors
New research from Yale University details how scientists used a novel chimeric virus (VSV-LASV-GPC) containing genes from both Lassa and VSV to target and completely…
Meteorites Reveal Evidence of Moon-Forming Impact
A newly published study uses the impact heat signatures in meteorites to date the Moon-forming impact between a large protoplanet and proto-Earth. The inner Solar…
Chandra Finds Evidence of a Planet Possibly Ripped Apart by a White Dwarf Star
By combining data from Chandra and several other telescopes, researchers think they have discovered the remains of a planet that may have been ripped apart…
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Views Ceres’ North Pole
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has captured the highest-resolution views of Ceres to date. After spending more than a month in orbit on the dark side of…
Manipulating Cell Division Will Help Grow Trees Bigger and Faster
A newly published study details how to make trees grow bigger and faster, which could increase supplies of renewable resources and help trees cope with…
Dark Energy Survey Reveals Detailed Guide to Spotting Dark Matter
Scientists have created the largest single high-definition map of dark matter, helping researchers understand the role that dark matter plays in galaxy formation. Scientists on…