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…
UC Researchers Make Magnetic Graphene
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…
Modified RNA Extends Telomeres in Human Cells, Turns Back Aging Clock
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…
Physicists Slow Down the Speed of Light
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…
Research Shows a Significant Increase in the Amount of Water “Pouring” Out of Comet 67P
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…
Hubble Image of the Week: The Polar Ring of Arp 230
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,…
CID-42: A Recoiling, Supermassive Black Hole?
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…
Reducing Myc Gene Activity Significantly Increases the Healthy Lifespan of Mice
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…
Small Helicopter Could Improve the Exploration of Mars
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…
First Comprehensive 3D Map of Layers Deep Inside the Greenland Ice Sheet
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…
Curiosity Rover Marks 11th Anniversary with Hilltop Panorama
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…
Evidence of Weibel-Generated Magnetic Fields
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…
Genomically Recoded Organisms Ensure GMOs Can Be Safely Confined in the Environment
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…
Yale Astronomers Identify the First “Changing Look” Quasar
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…
Chandra Releases Five New Images to Celebrate the International Year of Light
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…
Gullies Suggest Water Flowed on the Surface of Vesta
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…
NASA Data Reveal Subglacial Lakes Refilling in Greenland
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…
Milky Way Could Be a “Galactic Transport System”
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…