Cassini Tracks Small Objects in Saturn’s F Ring
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is tracking several small, persistent objects in Saturn’s F ring. These images show two such objects that Cassini originally detected in spring…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is tracking several small, persistent objects in Saturn’s F ring. These images show two such objects that Cassini originally detected in spring…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft captured this new image of Saturn with its wide-angle camera on December 2, 2016. The north pole of Saturn sits at the…
A new study from Yale University shows that fructose, a form of sugar linked to obesity and diabetes, is produced in the human brain from…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy UGC 12591, which is located roughly 400 million light-years away. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image showcases the…
Researchers at Harvard Medical School are conducting a study to determine the cardiovascular, cognitive, and anti-cancer properties of flavanols, a compound found in cocoa with…
By using data from telescopes, astronomers — and the public — can explore SN 1987A like never before. Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of…
This newly released HiRISE image shows layers of bedrock and dark dunes on the surface of Mars. Much of Mars’ surface is covered by fine-grained…
Using the Green Bank Telescope, astronomers search the Taurus region for HC11N in six of its characteristic radio wavelength transitions. The interstellar medium of the…
ESOcast 96 explores the discovery of Earth-like, potentially habitable worlds orbiting a nearby star known as TRAPPIST-1. Just 40 light-years away, the star’s diminutive size…
A team of scientists has discovered a combination of drugs that expands the population of progenitor cells in the ear and induces them to become…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are located in…
A newly published study from Yale University shows that the Zika virus reduces the size of testes in infected mice up to 21 days after…
A UCLA led study reveals that DNA patterns can unlock how glucose metabolism drives cancer. FINDINGS A UCLA-led study of DNA patterns in tumor cells…
A team of researchers has created a microfluidic system for ultra-high-performance screening in double emulsion droplets. This breakthrough development can be used when studying the…
This new HiRISE image shows a new impact site on a dusty slope of Mars. The image also shows several dark slope streaks due to…
Using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered a signal at the center of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy that could indicate…
New research confirms that Vitamin D supplements are effective in preventing respiratory diseases, showing that daily or weekly supplementation had the greatest benefit for individuals…
New research from MIT reveals a practical way to introduce second-order nonlinearities into silicon photonics, showing that silicon can reproduce physical phenomena exploited by high-end…