Chandra Views the Volatile Stellar Relationship of the R Aquarii System
Chandra has observed the R Aquarii system many times over the last 17 years, helping astronomers better understand how this volatile stellar pair interacts with…
Nearby White Dwarf Star Helps Confirm Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
A Nearby white dwarf star helps confirm Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and the history and evolution of galaxies such as our own. Albert Einstein…
Yale Engineers Develop New Colors for Solar Energy
Engineers from the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale University have developed a solar cell that widens the choice of colors without decreasing…
New Research Supports the Idea That We Live in a Void
New research firms up the idea that we exist in one of the voids in the structure of the cosmos and helps ease the apparent…
Hubble Telescope Views Universe’s Brightest Galaxies
Using gravitational lensing, Hubble has captured unique close-up views of the universe’s brightest infrared galaxies – which are as much as 10,000 times more luminous…
Cassini Provides a Colorful View of Saturn’s Hexagon in Motion
Researchers used images from Cassini’s imaging cameras to create the first movie to show Saturn’s hexagon in color filters, and the first movie to show…
GALEX Reveals Flares May Threaten Habitability of Planets Near Red Dwarfs
Using 10 years of ultraviolet observations by NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Spacecraft, astronomers examine the habitability of planets near red dwarfs. Cool dwarf stars…
Histamine Cures Tourette-Like Tics in Mice
Researchers from Yale University produced increased grooming behavior in mice that may model tics in Tourette syndrome and discovered these behaviors vanish when histamine is…
Hubble Comparison of Two “Hot Jupiter” Exoplanets
Using the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers compare two seemingly similar “hot Jupiter” exoplanets, finding that WASP-67 b and HAT-P-38 b have very different atmospheres. Is…
NASA Releases Latest Survey Data from NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its third year of survey data, with the spacecraft discovering 97 previously unknown celestial…
Newly Discovered Exoplanet KELT-9b is Hotter than Most Stars
An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet like Jupiter zipping around its host star every day, boiling at temperatures hotter than most stars…
Dawn Spacecraft Views Kerwan Crater on Ceres
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft captured this image of the Kerwan crater (the largest crater on Ceres) from an altitude of about 915 miles. The 16-mile-wide (26-kilometer-wide)…
Hubble Views the Slow Waltz of Two Brown Dwarfs in Luhman 16AB
This Hubble Telescope image of the week shows the slow waltz of two brown dwarfs in Luhman 16AB. This seemingly unspectacular series of dots with…
A Possible New Treatment for Baldness, Regulatory T Cells Facilitate Hair Growth
Researchers reveal that regulatory T cells, a type of immune cell generally associated with controlling inflammation, directly trigger stem cells in the skin to promote…
Curiosity Reveals Environmental Conditions of Ancient Martian Lake
Using data from NASA’s Curiosity Rover, new research reveals that a long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one…
Astronomers Study Correlation Between Galaxy Stellar Mass and Star Formation Rate
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that the correlation between a galaxy’s stellar mass and star formation rate is a tight one….
LIGO Detects Merging Ripples in Space and Time
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, demonstrating that a new window in…
Yale Scientists Reveal a Cure for a Group of Genetic Skin Disorders
Researchers from Yale University have discovered the cause of and cure for genetic skin disorders known as the ichthyoses. About one in 200,000 people are…