By using precise measurements of the asteroid Itokawa, astronomers have discovered the first evidence that…
Kepler data has led to the discovery of Kepler 413-b, a planet that wobbles wildly…
Researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics calibrate the strength of X-ray emission against star…
New research shows that the asteroid belt is a melting pot of objects arriving from…
This newly released image from the Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s hexagonal shaped jet stream. Just…
Researchers at Goddard’s Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory have developed a new technique to search space dust…
A new four-minute ScienceCast video explores the strange quantum realm of NASA’s new Cold Atom…
A newly published study states that searching for life on Earth-like planets may be a…
New research from the University of Bristol reveals how circumbinary planets form. Like the fictional…
This newly released Hubble image reveals star formation within the Chamaeleon cloud. This striking…
Astronomers have reconstructed the short-lived nova explosion from white dwarf MAXI J0158−744, revealing for the…
Researchers from Yale University have identified a major obstacle to converting cells back to their…
A new method of using centrifugal force to decelerate particles makes it possible to produce…
New images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory show a partial solar eclipse from space. On…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered a new link between processes associated with…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has charted the first ever map of the weather on the…
An international group of physicists has created, identified, and photographed synthetic magnetic monopoles, paving the…
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer views stellar formation in the Trifid nebula, which is located…