One of the Last Images of Saturn’s Dark Side from Cassini
This newly released image of Saturn was taken by the Cassini Spacecraft several months before ending its mission on September 15, 2017. Stunning views like…
Large Solar Storm Sparks Global Aurora on the Martian Surface
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars last month, sparking a global aurora more than 25 times brighter than any previously seen by…
“Skyrmions” Could Provide a Way to Bypass the Limits to Moore’s Law
Researchers from MIT show that a newly discovered kind of magnetic behavior holds great promise as a way of storing data — one that could…
ALMA Detects Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl) in Interstellar Space
New observations from ALMA reveal the first detection ever of an organohalogen, Methyl chloride (CH3Cl), in interstellar space. Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array…
Hubble Views the Warped Appearance of Galaxy NGC 4490
Hubble views the scattered and warped appearance of galaxy NGC 4490, which is the result of a past cosmic collision with galaxy NGC 4485. This…
Hubble Image of the Week – LMC and the Honeycomb Nebula
This Hubble image of the week shows one of the largest and most intense regions of active star formation and the intriguing structure of stacked…
Hubble Space Telescope Views Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4874
This newly released Hubble images shows elliptical galaxy NGC 4874 many more distant galaxies that do not belong to the cluster. In the center of…
Micrometeoroid Showers Make Big Impact on Mercury’s Thin Atmosphere
New research sheds light on how certain types of comets influence the lopsided bombardment of Mercury’s surface by tiny dust particles called micrometeoroids. Mercury, our…
Evidence of Significant Hydration Near the Martian Equator
New research on older data from NASA’s Mars Orbiter reveals evidence of significant hydration near the Martian equator — a mysterious signature in a region…
Harvard Study Provides New Insights on Dark Energy
Different methods of studying cosmic expansion yield slightly different results, including for the age of the universe. In a new study, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian…
Hubble Telescope Views the Farthest Active Inbound Comet Yet Seen, Comet K2
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed the farthest-discovered active inbound comet, Comet K2. Coming from the distant Oort Cloud, K2 is visiting our inner solar system…
MIT Researchers Reveal a New Strategy for Halting Brain Tumors
By cutting off a process that cancerous cells rely, researchers from MIT have identified a possible new strategy for halting brain tumors. MIT biologists have…
Why Older Adults Fail to Burn Stored Belly Fat
In a newly published study, biologists from Yale University described how nervous systems and immune systems talk to each other to control metabolism and inflammation….
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Celebrates 10 Years in Space
Ten years ago, NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft set sail for the two most massive bodies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter: giant asteroid Vesta…
Scientists Untangle the Volatile Processes That Shaped Earth
New research untangles many of the processes involved in shaping Earth, revealing that the mini-planets that added to Earth had previously undergone melting and evaporation….
Optical Forging of Graphene into Three-Dimensional Shapes
A team of scientists reveals how graphene, a single-atom-thin layer of carbon, can be forged into three-dimensional objects by using laser light. Researchers from Finland…
LIGO and Virgo Detect Gravitational Waves from Binary Black Hole Merger
Scientists from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo collaboration report the first joint detection of gravitational waves with both the LIGO and Virgo detectors….
MUSE Views the Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula
This new ESO image shows planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, as it emerges from the darkness like a series of oddly-shaped bubbles….