Get Ready to Explore the August 21 Total Solar Eclipse
Prepare for the total solar eclipse that will travel over parts of North America on August 21, 2017 with help from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for…
Study Shows Lysosomes Greatly Accelerate Formation of Amyloid Plaques
New research from Yale University shows that increased lysosomes in neural projections in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s greatly accelerated formation of amyloid plaques. Lysosomes…
Researchers Identify a Prehistoric Sea Creature That Once Patrolled the Ocean Floor
A team of biologists has identified a small marine predator that once patrolled the ocean floor and grabbed its prey with 50 spines that it…
Cassini Spacecraft Views Prometheus and the Ghostly F Ring
This new image from the Cassini Spacecraft shows Saturn’s moon Prometheus near Saturn’s narrow F ring. The thin sliver of Saturn’s moon Prometheus lurks near…
Hubble Image of the Week – Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5949
This Hubble image of the week shows dwarf galaxy NGC 5949, which is located roughly 44 million light-years away. The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble…
Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 Just Got a Lot More Interesting
New Horizons’ next target just got a lot more interesting. Astronomers believe Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 may actually be two objects that are close…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Tracks an Active Region on the Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) watched an active region — an area of intense and complex magnetic fields — rotate into view on the Sun…
Juno Views a Storm on the Southern Edge of Jupiter’s Northern Polar Region
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft viewed a storm at the southern edge of Jupiter’s northern polar region as it performed its seventh close flyby of Jupiter. This…
Astronomers Study Magnetic Fields in the Massive Dense Cores of the DR21 Filament
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examines six dense cores in a nearby star formation region, revealing that magnetic effects are primarily important…
SwRI Astronomers Identify the Oldest Known Asteroid Family
Scientists developed a technique to identify ancient asteroid families, revealing the oldest known asteroid family in the inner region of the main asteroid belt. Southwest…
DES Reveals Most Accurate Measurement of Dark Matter Structure in the Universe
New results from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) reveal the most accurate measurement of dark matter structure in the universe, and support the view that…
Five Years of Curiosity Rover Discoveries on Mars
Five years of Curiosity’s Martian discoveries after landing day’s seven minute of terror. NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this…
Hubble Detects an Ultrahot Gas-Giant Exoplanet with a Stratosphere
Using Hubble’s capabilities for spectroscopy, scientists have discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a planet outside our solar system. A stratosphere…
Initial Pulse of Siberian Traps Sills Triggered End-Permian Extinction
New research from MIT reveals that about 251.9 million years ago, in a region that today is known as the Siberian Traps, a huge pulse…
Ultracold Molecules Could Provide Long-Sought “Qubit” Material
Using ultracold molecules made of just two atoms, researchers from MIT demonstrate a new approach that yields long-lasting configurations that could provide long-sought “qubit” material….
Arctic Sea Ice Loss is Impacting Atlantic Ocean Water Circulation System
New research from Yale University and the University of Southampton shows that the loss of Arctic sea ice is impacting the Atlantic Ocean water circulation…
Cassini Spacecraft Observes Seasonal Changes on Saturn
Using a spectral filter, the Cassini Spacecraft was able to capture a view of the seasonal changes on Saturn. Saturn’s northern hemisphere reached its summer…
Proxima Centauri’s Radiation Would Wipe Out an Earth-Like Atmosphere on Proxima b
New research reveals that Proxima b (an Earth-size planet right outside our solar system in the habitable zone of its star) may not be able…