Cassini Image of Tethys and Saturn’s Rings
Taken this past summer, this Cassini image shows Saturn’s moon Tethys through several of Saturn’s rings. Like a drop of dew hanging on a leaf,…
Taken this past summer, this Cassini image shows Saturn’s moon Tethys through several of Saturn’s rings. Like a drop of dew hanging on a leaf,…
Using data from the Russian spacecraft RadioAstron, astrophysicists are one step closer to figuring out the mysteries of our galaxy’s core. Is matter falling into…
A team of scientists has calculated the risk for a worst-case scenario upper limit for sea level rise within this century, revealing that the sea…
By using radio telescopes from across Europe and America, an international team of astronomers has been able to see into the heart of an exploding…
A new independent assessment of the Mars One Mission from MIT engineers reveals that the project may have to take a step back, at least…
New research from Yale, NYU, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that students are 30% more likely to take a stimulant medication during the school…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics studied the debris disc around τ Ceti, revealing that a Jupiter-mass planet could not be present in this…
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a new method for transferring energy from organic to inorganic semiconductors that could boost the efficiency of…
This ESA image of the week shows the remains of a dying star that was once about five times the mass of the Sun. Known…
New research from San Francisco State University sheds light on the multilayered process of how a sperm and egg pass along information needed for successful…
Using a combination of laboratory analysis and computer modeling, new research shows that nanoparticles keep their internal crystal structure while deforming like a liquid. A…
In a newly published study, Yale biologists and colleagues describe a key quality control mechanism that protects new cells from inheriting defective nuclear pore complexes….
New data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals evidence of basaltic volcanism on the Moon occurring within the past 100 million years. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance…
This newly released Hubble image shows part of the Tarantula Nebula, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The brightly glowing plumes seen…
New neutron scattering experiments reveal the existence of quantum selection rules in molecules and could open the door to new insights about the quantum properties…
Working with mice, researchers from Lund University and the Karolinska Institute have discovered a previously unknown mechanism through which the brain produces new nerve cells…
A team of researchers has developed particles that can glow with color-coded light and be manipulated with magnets, improving the likelihood of tracking the position…
Yale scientists uncover how a molecular process in the brain that is known to control eating transforms white fat into brown fat, impacting how much…