Hubble Captures Face-On Image of Messier 61
Using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 2, NASA/ESA has captured a face-on image of the spiral galaxy Messier 61. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured…
Using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 2, NASA/ESA has captured a face-on image of the spiral galaxy Messier 61. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured…
Researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Sydney are helping move quantum computing closer to reality, demonstrating a technique for storing quantum states with…
New data from supernova SN 2012fr has allowed scientists to better calibrate all Type Ia Supernova observations to measure distances in the Universe, using…
New observations of our Sun, combined with computer modeling, have helped astronomers resolve a decade-long argument over how to measure the accretion rates of growing…
This new Hubble Space telescope image shows two interacting galaxies, spiral galaxy NGC 2936 and elliptical galaxy NGC 2937, which are collectively known as Arp…
Data from meteorites and NASA’s Spirit rover has revealed new information about the chemical composition and evolution of Mars, suggesting that Mars had an oxygen-rich…
A newly published study helps explain the metamorphosis of the moon’s water ice, providing insight into how radiation can change the chemistry of water ice…
Scientists have discovered the chemical that makes naked mole rats cancer-proof, a finding that could eventually lead to new cancer treatments in people. Two researchers…
Using the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope, a team of astronomers have discovered pulsations from the crystalized remnant of the burnt-out star GD 518. Austin —…
Using the combined power of the Unit Telescopes of ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have gathered new data on dust around the black hole at…
A new study details the technique used by scientists at Penn State to achieve tunable nanowire patterning using standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW). University Park,…
A newly published study paints a grim outlook for the future of certain mammals and birds, suggesting that the average growing nation should expect at…
Using a custom-built 3D printer, a team of researchers printed lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand, opening the door to future development…
The SNfactory has released a new dataset based on 32 nights of repeated observations of supernova 2011fe, beginning two weeks before the supernova reached its…
On the 19th of July, NASA’s Cassini probe will take a mosaic picture of Earth while Saturn is eclipsing the sun from Cassini’s point of…
A new four minute video from Science at NASA explores the surprising behavior of “cool flames” on the International Space Station, revealing a cool-burning form…
Eric Swanson from the University of Pittsburgh gives his viewpoint on two new experiments have detected the signature of a new subatomic particle, Zc(3900). Particle…
A newly published decade-long study reveals that NitroMemantine can restore connections between nerve cells that have been lost during the progression of Alzheimer’s in the…