Hubble Views Spiral Galaxy ESO 137-001
This newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows spiral galaxy ESO 137-001. The spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 looks like a dandelion caught in…
This newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows spiral galaxy ESO 137-001. The spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 looks like a dandelion caught in…
An international team of scientists has created a new nickel-gallium catalyst that could be used to convert hydrogen and carbon dioxide emissions into methanol. A…
In a newly published study, researchers at Brown University report a big leap in understanding how PP1 interacts with other proteins to behave specifically in…
This new composite image shows NGC 7538, a stellar nursery for massive stars located roughly 9,000 light-years away. The billowing clouds portrayed in this…
An international team of astronomers has discovered eight new planets orbiting nearby red dwarf stars, three of which are classified as habitable-zone super-Earths. The study…
A team of researchers has taken the excited states of two principally different materials and combined them into a new quantum mechanical state that shares…
Using multiple telescopes, researchers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research have discovered a new super-powered small black hole. A team of Australian and…
NASA’s NEOWISE spacecraft has spotted its first comet. Officially named “C/2014 C3 (NEOWISE),” the comet was about 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) from Earth…
This newly released Hubble image shows the new supernova in Messier 82. Spiral galaxy Messier 82 has long been known for its remarkable starburst activity,…
Physicists from the Max Planck Institute have achieved a high-precision measurement of the atomic mass of the electron, 13 times more precise than previously known….
New research from Yale University reveals that cell-to-cell transmission of HIV particles contributes to the development of full-blown AIDS and helps predict which anti-retroviral therapies…
Using the VERITAS gamma-ray telescope, astronomers studied a mysterious VHE gamma-ray source from the constellation of Cygnus that has no known counterpart at other wavelengths….
NASA scientists have discovered evidence of past water movement throughout a Martian meteorite known as Yamato 000593. A team of scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space…
A newly published study reveals that many of the super-Earth planets discovered in the last twenty years may have captured the equivalent of between 100…
A new three-minute ScienceCast video explores the 715 new planets that were just verified by NASA’s Kepler mission. ScienceCasts: A Sudden Multiplication of Planets Years…
This newly released Spitzer image shows the supernova in galaxy M82, the closest supernova of its kind to be observed in the last few decades….
Using a technique called verification by multiplicity, astronomers discovered 715 new planets from Kepler data. NASA’s Kepler mission announced Wednesday the discovery of 715 new…
Researchers at the University of Stanford have identified the secret to how nerves withstand the wear and tear of bending joints and moving tissues. Make…