Researchers Use Nanoparticles to Split Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen
In a newly published study, researchers detail the discovery of a new photocatalyst, demonstrating the use of cobalt oxide nanoparticles to split water into hydrogen…
Cassini Reveals Clues about Saturn’s Moon Titan
New data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has helped scientists better understand how Titan’s liquids, solids and gases interact, revealing clues about Saturn’s Earth-like moon. This…
Surprise Discovery Could Revolutionize Solar Energy
In a newly published study, researchers from Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory detail the surprise discovery that could revolutionize solar energy. Researchers have been able to tune…
Hubble Detects Water Vapor Over Jupiter’s Moon Europa
In a newly published study, researchers using Hubble Space Telescope data report the detection of transient water vapor at Europa’s south pole. Though it’s five…
NASA’s WISE Views the Helix Nebula
NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer views the dying star known as the Helix Nebula. In an unexpected juxtaposition of cosmic objects that are actually quite…
Herschel and Hubble View the Crab Nebula
In this newly released image, Hubble and Herschel view the Crab Nebula. This image shows a composite view of the Crab Nebula, an iconic…
Astronomers Find the First Evidence of a Noble-Gas Based Molecule in Space
Using data from ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have found the first evidence of a noble-gas based molecule in space – a compound of argon…
New Research Shows Fast Radio Bursts Might Come From Nearby Stars
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that fast radio bursts might come from nearby flaring stars, rather than more energetic events…
Researchers Discover New Way to Probe Molecules and Atoms With an X-Ray Laser
Scientists from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have demonstrated a new X-ray technique, called stimulated X-ray Raman scattering, which tells scientists about the energy flow…
Whirlpool Galaxy Changes Astronomers Understanding of Giant Molecular Clouds
New research challenges astronomers’ traditional views about stellar birthplaces, finding that giant molecular clouds are embedded in a kind of molecular fog, which permeates the…
NASA’s Galileo Mission Discovers Clay-Like Minerals on Europa
Using data from NASA’s Galileo mission, researchers have discovered clay-type minerals on the surface of Europa for the first time. A new analysis of data…
Researchers Discover the Coldest Place on Earth
While analyzing detailed global surface temperature maps, researchers discovered the coldest place on Earth: a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau. What…
Graphene “Sandwich” Protects Microscopic Materials from Radiation
By placing microscopic materials between two sheets of graphene, researchers have discovered a new technique that protects microscopic materials from the harmful effects of radiation…
Study Shows Creation of Entanglement Simultaneously Gives Rise to a Wormhole
In a newly published study, an MIT physicist details how the creation of two entangled quarks simultaneously gives rise to a wormhole connecting the pair….
Astronomers View the Infrastructure of Gamma-ray Burst Jet 120308A
Astronomers detail the magnetic fields at the heart of GRB 120308A, which was detected by NASA’s Swift satellite in the constellation Ursa Minor. A new…
Researchers Reveal How an Expanding Universe Can Emerge Without a “Big Bang”
In a new study, an international team of researchers mathematically describe how an expanding universe can emerge when time and space are heated, without requiring…
Study Shows That it is Possible to Clone Quantum Information from the Past
A newly published study shows that it is possible to clone quantum information from the past, allowing for a particle, or a time traveler, to…
GBT Reveals Hidden Details in Starburst Galaxy M82
Using the Green Bank Telescope, astronomers reveal never-before-seen details and present the most sensitive maps yet of HCN and HCO+ in the starburst galaxy M82….