Astronomers Discover a New Type of Planet
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is 2.3 times larger…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is 2.3 times larger…
NASA’s flying saucer-shaped vehicle is ready for its first engineering test flight. The Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) is designed to test landing technologies for…
This XMM-Newton image reveals a strongly magnetized, rotating neutron star and the remains of the explosion that generated it. Massive stars end their lives with…
In a newly published study, scientists at the University of California show the ability to selectively remove a memory and predictably reactivate it by stimulating…
Astronomers shed new light on the mystery of why giant elliptical galaxies have few young stars. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has shed new light on…
This newly released Hubble image shows intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1566, which is the second brightest Seyfert galaxy known. This new Hubble image shows NGC…
First released in 2002, this Hubble image of two colliding galaxies nicknamed “The Mice” has remained a fan favorite. Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the…
Using new algorithms and electronic components, researchers demonstrate the promise of printable robotic components that, when heated, automatically fold into prescribed three-dimensional configurations. Printable robots…
Berkley Lab researchers show how beams of various colors and phases affect plasma, finding that laser light needn’t be as precise as previously thought to…
Using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, scientists measure the deformation of the moon due to Earth’s pull…
By engineering the band alignment of the quantum dot layers through the use of different ligand treatments, researchers at MIT set a new record for…
Using an inexpensive spray method, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Korea University have developed a supersonic spray that delivers a high-quality…
ESA’s Clean Space initiative is seeking to transform our understanding of how large, dead objects behave in space and is exploring why derelict satellites can…
This new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey takes a closer look at the Serpens Cloud Core, a…
Researchers at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new battery technology that captures waste heat and converts it into electricity….
A new 12-week clinical study is the first prospective, randomized clinical trial to directly compare the effects of water and diet beverages on weight loss…
New research from geologists at Brown University reveals that the slopes of the Martian volcano Arsia Mons may have been home to one of the…
Using observations of Saturn’s moon Titan by Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument, astronomers have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of…