Researchers Find New Pathway to Regulate Immune Response
Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have found a potential new pathway to regulate immune response and potentially control inflammatory diseases of the…
NASA IceBridge Flight Spots Massive Antarctic Iceberg B-46
NASA’s Operation IceBridge on Wednesday, November 7, flew over an iceberg that is three times the size of Manhattan – the first time anyone has…
SOFIA Unravels the Mysterious Formation of Star Clusters
The sun, like all stars, was born in a giant cold cloud of molecular gas and dust. It may have had dozens or even hundreds…
JunoCam Captures Magnificent View of Jupiter’s North-North Temperate Belt
A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Appearing in the…
Neuroscientists Identify Brain Activity Pattern Linked to Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia, a brain disorder that produces hallucinations, delusions, and cognitive impairments, usually strikes during adolescence or young adulthood. While some signs can suggest that a…
Scientists Create a Soundtrack of the Mars Sunrise
Scientists have created the soundtrack of the 5,000th Mars sunrise captured by the robotic exploration rover, Opportunity, using data sonification techniques to create a two-minute…
European-Built Orion Spacecraft Service Module Arrives in the USA
The powerhouse that will help NASA’s Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during…
International Space Station Image of the Frozen Wild Dnieper River
Curling snow drifts are magnified by the terrain around the 1,400 mile Dnieper River, flowing from Russia to the Black Sea. European Space Agency astronaut…
Asteroids, Comets and Other Small Objects Provide Clues of Mysterious Distant Past
The entire history of human existence is a tiny blip in our solar system’s 4.5-billion-year history. No one was around to see planets forming and…
Finding the ‘Breath of Life’ in a Silurian Ostracod
A new animal species related to crabs and shrimp, preserved in 430-million-year-old rocks in Herefordshire, England, presents a rare look at the respiratory organs of…
Image of Recovery of the Test Orion Capsule in the Pacific Ocean
On November 1, 2018, the USS John P. Murtha recovered the test version of the Orion capsule at sunset in the Pacific Ocean. The Underway…
Parker Solar Probe Is Alive After Closer Encounter With The Sun
Parker Solar Probe is alive and well after skimming by the Sun at just 15 million miles from our star’s surface. This is far closer…
ALMA Views Galaxy-Scale Fountain in Full Glory
A billion light-years from Earth lies one of the universe’s most massive structures, a giant elliptical galaxy surrounded by a sprawling cluster of other galaxies…
Scientists Replicate Surface Structures at the Atomic Scale
Yale researchers have developed a procedure that can replicate surface structures at the atomic scale – a breakthrough that could lead to better catalysts, improved…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover is on the Move Again
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover drove about 197 feet (60 meters) over the weekend to a site called Lake Orcadie, pushing its total odometry to over…
International Space Station View of Earth Enveloped in Airglow
On October 7, 2018, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph while orbiting at an altitude of more than 250 miles…
NASA’s ICON Ready To Explore The Ionosphere
Early in the morning of November 7, 2018, NASA launches the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, a spacecraft that will explore the dynamic region where…
STEREO Spacecraft Provide New Insights on Comet Tails
Engineers and scientists gathered around a screen in an operations room at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., eager to lay their eyes on…