Cassini Reveals the Spirals in Saturn’s D Ring
In this image NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals the spiral structures in Saturn’s D ring. Although the D ring of Saturn is so thin that it’s…
In this image NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals the spiral structures in Saturn’s D ring. Although the D ring of Saturn is so thin that it’s…
This Hubble image of the week shows a galaxy named SBS 1415+437 or SDSS CGB 12067.1, which is located roughly 45 million light-years from Earth….
Today’s NASA Image of the Day is titled “Watching Meteors From the Space Station.” Astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, tweeted this image from…
A softball-sized tactical camera that can be tossed into unseen areas to send panoramic images back to a smartphone is set for commercial release. Unseen…
New research from Yale University demonstrates the effectiveness of tofacitinib for treating vitiligo. After five months of treatment, the white spots on the patients face…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected excess infrared light around white dwarf PG 0010+280. Scientists aren’t sure where the light is coming from, but one…
Astrophysicists have created a new supercomputer simulation of the exoplanet and debris disk around the Beta Pictoris. The new supercomputer model reveals that the planet’s…
Using data from NASA’s QuikScat satellite, a newly published study demonstrates how to quantify urban growth based on observed changes in physical infrastructure. Scientists used…
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula NGC 6153, which is located about 4,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Scorpius. The faint…
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M7.9-class, peaking at 4:16 a.m. EDT on June 25, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the…
Since nuclear power plants emit no carbon dioxide, they are considered an important component for a greener energy future. A new nuclear power plant promises…
Deadly to targeted bacteria, engineered particles known as phagemids have been created to fight bacterial infections with great effectiveness while eliminating harmful side effects of…
According to new observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 has swallowed an entire medium-sized galaxy over the last billion…
An enormous cloud of hydrogen is bleeding off the warm exoplanet GJ 436b due to exreme radiation from its star. The huge cloud is about…
A new discovery by researchers at Arizona State Univeristy points the way to designing crack-resistant metal alloys with different microstructures. Sometimes looking at something at…
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photo of an aurora from the International Space Station on June 23, 2015. The dancing lights of the aurora…
In a study led by Johns Hopkins, researchers reviewed the THC content of a small sample of dispensary products. They found the vast majority of…
A new third-generation advanced high-strength steel being developed at Missouri University of Science and Technology is designed to be strong, lightweight, and easy to make….