Cassini Creates New Maps of Saturn’s Moons
Using data collected over a ten-year period, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has created new maps of Saturn’s six major icy moons. Almost immediately after NASA’s twin…
Using data collected over a ten-year period, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has created new maps of Saturn’s six major icy moons. Almost immediately after NASA’s twin…
In a new study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute reveal that a dopamine precursor in the toxic fruits of the morinda tree increases fertility…
Astronomers used observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to identify spiral arms of molecular gas and dust around binary protostars, revealing for the first…
A newly published study from the Wyss Institute and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences shows that programmable biomaterials can be delivered using needle…
Researchers from MIT have developed a new wireless sensor that can transmit information on hazardous chemicals or food spoilage to a smartphone. MIT chemists have…
This new five-minute video from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows the upcoming moon phases for 2015 as viewed from the northern hemisphere. NASA…
New data from NASA’s Curiosity Rover indicate that Mount Sharp on Mars was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of…
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have set world record in solar energy efficiency, converting over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar…
Using complex modeling systems, researchers have figured out the forces that drove the dramatic increase in rainfall at the end of the last ice age…
Scientists at Yale and UC San Diego have discovered why typhoid toxin targets only humans, revealing a single oxygen atom is the cause. The bacterium…
Using data from ESA’s Herschel space observatory and NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered a new feature in the evolution of galaxies….
After nearly nine years and three billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has come out of hibernation for its long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto…
This newly released Hubble image shows globular cluster Messier 92, which is one of the oldest star clusters in the Milky Way. This striking new…
New research reveals that planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars may have long since lost their chance at hosting life because of intense…
Newly published research suggests a new strategy to control cellular identity and fate, revealing that depleting or knocking out a chemical tag on RNA keeps…
A new rotary engine from MIT startup LiquidPiston is lighter, quieter, and more efficient than its counterparts. Noise, excessive vibration, and relative inefficiency are drawbacks…
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope to monitor the variability of light from 882 previously identified young stellar objects, astronomers confirm that probably all YSOs are…
With Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s recent launch of the Hayabusa2 mission, NASA and other space agencies across the globe are opening up new possibilities for…