Crescent Mimas – Cassini Views Saturn’s Moon Mimas
This Cassini spacecraft image shows a thin sliver of Saturn’s moon Mimas. A thin sliver of Mimas is illuminated, the long shadows showing off its…
This Cassini spacecraft image shows a thin sliver of Saturn’s moon Mimas. A thin sliver of Mimas is illuminated, the long shadows showing off its…
This newly released Hubble image shows two interacting galaxies – NGC 6872 and IC 4970. This picture, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide…
A new study from Cornell University shows that when the “Hot Jupiters” approach their host star, the planet can force the star’s spin axis to…
A newly published study details how scientists were able to successfully ‘reset’ human pluripotent stem cells to a fully pristine state. Researchers at EMBL-EBI have…
NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph satellite observed its largest solar flare since launching in 2013 – an X1.6 class flare. On September 10, 2014, NASA’s…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics recently completed a study of the dense cores of the Pipe Nebula, revealing that the cores are very…
After 2 years and roughly 9 kilometers of driving, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has arrived at the base of Mount Sharp to begin a new…
Using an altitude-dependent photochemical model with the enhanced lower boundary conditions necessary to carefully explore abiotic oxygen and ozone production on lifeless planets with a…
High-Resolution images taken by OSIRIS reveal a detailed scientific description of the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. High-resolution images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reveal a unique, multifaceted…
New research from the University of Manchester demonstrates how a thin layer of graphene paint can make impermeable and chemically resistant coatings, which could be…
Using data from the Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have defined the inner and outer edges of the “Venus Zone” — the point at which a…
Using a nanoscale structure that consisted of a sequential array of a source electrode, a quantum well, a tunneling barrier, a quantum dot, another tunneling…
New research helps solve a quasar mystery that astronomers have been puzzling over for 20 years, presenting a pathway to a better understanding of how…
A new study from Yale University details the prevalence of hadrosaur skin among all known dinosaur skin fossils, revealing that hadrosaur skin is 31 times…
New research investigates the mysterious holes discovered by ESA’s Venus Express on the nightside of Venus’s ionosphere, finding evidence that the sun’s magnetic field lines…
This short video and new assessment packet reveals the remarkable success of the worldwide action to phase out ozone-depleting substances, reporting that the ozone layer…
A newly published study details how a team of researchers successfully synthesized the 2D material germanene for the first time. Dubbed a “cousin of graphene”,…
By crystallizing light, Princeton University researchers have begun to address questions about the fundamental study of matter. The researchers are not shining light through crystal…