Cassini Reveals Monstrous Ice Cloud in Titan’s South Polar Region
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has detected a monstrous new cloud of frozen compounds in the Titan’s low- to mid-stratosphere – a stable atmospheric region above…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has detected a monstrous new cloud of frozen compounds in the Titan’s low- to mid-stratosphere – a stable atmospheric region above…
A new approach classifies 99 percent of all known exoplanets, requiring only estimates of the star’s mass and the planet’s mass and orbital period to…
A new clinical trial has shown that a type 2 diabetes drug significantly reduces hospitalizations and death from heart failure. The findings, from a large…
A newly published study from Harvard biologists shows how neurons can be dramatically changed from one type into another from within the brain and how…
New information from NASA’s New Horizons Mission has revealed more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto. From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, scientists continue…
Using 10 years of data from Mars Express, scientists have for the first time combined remote sensing observations of localized ultraviolet aurora with in situ…
Engineers from MIT have developed a method to make synthetic, sticky hydrogel that is more than 90 percent water. The hydrogel, which is a transparent,…
New research from Yale University reveals that genetically reducing AMPK activity delays hereditary hearing loss in mice. Hereditary hearing loss can worsen over time and…
This short video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a dozen minor outbursts on the Sun over a 30-hour period. This close-up video by NASA’s…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy MCG+01-02-015. Only three local stars appear in this image, quartered by right-angled diffraction spikes. Everything besides them…
A team of scientists has identified a chemical that could potentially be used in eye drops to reverse cataracts. Identified as a “priority eye disease”…
A newly published study details how a quantum process increases the number of electrons produced when light strikes a metal-dielectric interface. Researchers believe this finding…
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope to conduct a “cosmic archaeological dig” at the very heart of our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have uncovered…
NASA’s MAVEN mission reveals that solar wind appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm…
A team of scientists has announced the first ever measurement of antiproton interactions that make possible the existence of antimatter nuclei. The discovery gives physicists…
A new study led by Yale University reveals a cluster of young stars that develop in distinct, episodic spurts. It is the first time astronomers…
Using the VISTA telescope astronomers have discovered a previously unknown component of the Milky Way. By mapping out the locations of a class of stars…
A newly published study from Yale University tackles the issue of value in cancer research, recommending a new paradigm for research that focuses on improving…