Newly Released Hubble Image of Spiral Galaxy NGC 3455
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 3455. Shown here is a spiral galaxy known as NGC 3455, which lies some 65 million…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 3455. Shown here is a spiral galaxy known as NGC 3455, which lies some 65 million…
A team of astronomers from the Max Planck Institute and Monash University has developed a new model to reconstruct spatial structure of molecule clouds. Astronomers…
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ALMA radio array, astronomers have detected a flow of about ten billion solar masses of rapidly moving molecular…
Astronomers have discovered that supernova remnant G352.7-0.1 is sweeping up a remarkable amount of material as it expands, an amount equivalent to about 45 times…
By using gravitational microlensing and taking advantage of chance alignments between stars, an international team of researchers has spotted the first signs of an exomoon….
New research from Arizona State University shows evidence that the Gusev Crater on Mars once held a lake. If desert mirages occur on Mars, “Lake…
Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed a new technique that couples a lone atom with a single light particle, allowing both the atom…
A newly published study reveals an ancient asteroid impact that left a crater nearly 500 kilometers (310 miles) across: up to two and a half…
Using a spectral filter, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft views the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan. The Cassini spacecraft peers down through layers of haze to glimpse…
New research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution tests the theory that simple metabolic reactions near ancient seafloor hot springs enabled life as we know it…
This newly released image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile shows planetary nebula Abell 33. Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have…
Using high-speed screening technology to analyze DNA, a newly published study found that nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA. Thousands of…
A newly released Curiosity image shows a bright spot on the surface of Mars, which was possibly caused by the sun glinting off a rock…
Engineers from Stanford University have developed a handheld video game controller that can measure the player’s physiology and alter the gameplay to make it more…
New radar images from the Cassini orbiter show dark streaks carved into dunes on Saturn’s moon Titan. The moons of our Solar System are brimming…
A newly published study from researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology reveals how superlattices create molecular machines with hydrogen-bond “hinges” and moving “gears.” A…
Using 140,000 distant quasars, astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have made the most precise measurement to date of the expanding Universe. The Baryon…
Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, CfA scientists examined 264,283 galaxies and measured the signature of the acoustic waves left behind. Perhaps the…