New Cassini Images of Saturn and Its Moons
NASA’s Cassini imagining team has released new “holiday themed” images of Saturn, Titan and Enceladus. This holiday season, feast your eyes on images of Saturn…
Researchers Develop Powerful New Microscale Torsional Muscles
Using a simple design and inorganic materials, Berkley Lab researchers have developed a micro-sized robotic torsional muscle made from vanadium dioxide that for its size…
Astronomers Discover a Gamma-Ray Burst without a Radio Afterglow
In new study, astronomers detail the discovery of a gamma-ray burst without a radio afterglow. Astronomers led by a Curtin University researcher have discovered a…
Infrared Dark Clouds Reveal Why Some Stars are Bigger than Others
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array telescope, astronomers surveyed the cores of some of the darkest, coldest, and densest clouds in our Galaxy to find…
Hubble Views Spiral Galaxy ESO 373-8
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy ESO 373-8, which is located roughly 25 million light-years away. Located some 25 million light-years away, this…
Massive Stars Map the Structure of the Milky Way
By using the distribution of young massive stars to probe the structure of the Milky Way, astronomers have reaffirmed that our galaxy has four spiral…
Electron’s Shape – Rounder than Predicted by Standard Model
In a newly published study, the ACME collaboration reports the most precise measurement to date of the electron’s shape, improving it by a factor of…
A New Technique for Determining the Mass of Exoplanets
MIT researchers have developed a new technique for determining the mass of exoplanets using only their transit signal, helping researchers determine the mass of exoplanets…
Scientists Reverse the Signs of Aging in Mice
By administering a molecule that is naturally produced by the human body scientists restored communication between the nucleus and mitochondria inside cells in older mice,…
Swimming Microengines Improve Active Degradation of Organic Pollutants
By using swimming microengines, researchers from the Max Planck Institute have developed a new method for the active degradation of organic pollutants that is twelve…
New Superconducting Cable System Brings Nuclear Fusion Power Station Closer to Reality
Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a new superconducting cable system that is crucial to the success of nuclear fusion reactors. The superconductivity…
Study Shows Superluminous Supernovae are Powered by Magnetars
In a new study, researchers show that two of the brightest and most distant supernovae ever discovered (SNLS 06D4eu and SNLS 07D2bv) are likely powered…
New Spitzer Study Analyzes the Era of Star Formation in Galaxy Clusters
By observing the last major growth spurt of galaxy clusters, which happened billions of years ago, a newly published Spitzer study examines the rise and…
New Research Opens Graphene Band-Gap
Researchers from UNIST have developed a method for mass producing boron/nitrogen co-doped graphene nanoplatelets, opening the door for future use in electronic devices. Ulsan National…
Hubble Views Variable Star RS Puppis
A new Hubblecast video explores the striking new Hubble observations of a variable star known as RS Puppis. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed…
Herschel Discovers a Comet Belt around Fomalhaut C
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, an international team of astronomers has discovered a comet belt around Fomalhaut C. The nearby star Fomalhaut A hosts the…
Astronomers View Eclipsing Double White Dwarf System
Astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton telescope present optical and X-ray observations of two tidally distorted, extremely low-mass white dwarfs (WDs) with…
Recently Discovered Luhman 16AB System May Harbor Planet
Detailed analysis of the recently discovered Luhman 16AB system has revealed that the pair of failed stars may be harboring a planet. Pasadena, California —…
