Asteroid 2004 BL86 Has a Small Moon
As asteroid 2004 BL86 made its way past Earth yesterday, scientists were able to better measure the asteroid’s size, rotation and location and detected a…
As asteroid 2004 BL86 made its way past Earth yesterday, scientists were able to better measure the asteroid’s size, rotation and location and detected a…
Physicists from the University of California – Riverside have found a way to induce magnetism in graphene while also preserving graphene’s electronic properties. Riverside, California…
Biologists from the Stanford University School of Medicine used a modified type of RNA to demonstrate a way to lengthen human telomeres by as much…
By applying a mask to an optical beam to give photons a spatial structure, physicists have demonstrated that spatially structured photons travel slower than the…
Data from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft reveals that there has been a significant increase in the amount of water “pouring” out of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet…
This newly released Hubble image shows Arp 230, which also known as IC 51. Arp 230 is a galaxy of an uncommon or peculiar shape,…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics provides new insights from deep VLA data on the potentially recoiling black hole CID-42 in the COSMOS…
In a newly published study, scientists reveal that reducing Myc gene activity extended the lifespan of mice. The mice lived 15 percent longer on average…
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working on a small helicopter that could ‘scout’ a trail for future Mars rovers. Getting around on Mars…
Using ice-penetrating radar data and data collected from earlier airborne campaigns, scientists have built the first-ever comprehensive map of layers deep inside the Greenland Ice…
In celebration of its 11th anniversary on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this panorama view from the top of “Cape Tribulation.” A panorama from one…
Using a proton probe to directly image electromagnetic fields, scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory present evidence of Weibel-generated magnetic fields that grow in…
New research details the construction of a series of genomically recoded organisms (GROs) whose growth is restricted by the expression of multiple essential genes that…
A team of astronomers from Yale University have identified the first “changing look” quasar, a gleaming object in deep space that appears to have its…
To celebrate the International Year of Light (2015) new images are being released from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, along with data in other types of…
A newly published study shows evidence that transient water flowed on the surface of Vesta, in a debris-flow-like process, and left distinctive geomorphologic features. Protoplanet…
New research found evidence of a drained and refilled subglacial lake in Greenland, revealing that surface meltwater can be trapped and stored at the bed…
A newly published theory reveals that the Milky Way could contain a space-time tunnel, and that the tunnel could even be the size of the…