NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory continues to study GW170817, a neutron star merger that produced gravitational waves. Many telescopes saw different kinds of light after the…
Brain cells known as astrocytes play a prominent part in tuning the changes in neuronal activity that enable memories to be stored. RIKEN neuroscientists have…
Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars….
Changes to a key ice flow equation could refine estimates of sea level rise. The rate of glacier ice flow is more sensitive to stress…
Findings from a review conducted by University of Melbourne researchers shows multiple disasters can have complex impacts on physical health, mental health, and well-being which…
The protein subunit vaccine, which can be manufactured using engineered yeast, has shown promise in preclinical studies. While many people in wealthier countries have been…
Quasi-solid-state-electrodes realize a significant reduction in interfacial resistance. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new quasi-solid-state cathode for solid-state lithium metal batteries, with…
A challenge in materials design is that in both natural and manmade materials, volume sometimes decreases, or increases, with increasing temperature. While there are mechanical…
By amassing in high-density regions, dust grains avoid drifting toward the star they are orbiting. A key step in the formation of new planets may…
March Equinox Welcomes ‘Astronomical’ Spring Did you know our planet has two types of seasons? They are meteorological and astronomical. What’s the difference? “Meteorological seasons”…
Prof. Emeritus Eugene N. Parker, a pioneering astrophysicist whose contributions to solar physics were so enormous that NASA named its Parker Solar Probe mission after…
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov on the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft launched at 11:55 a.m. EDT on March 18, 2022, from the…
Astronomers have imaged a beam of matter and antimatter that is 40 trillion miles long with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The record-breaking beam is powered…
Around 4:15 a.m. ET on March 18, 2022, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion Spacecraft for the Artemis I mission arrived atop Launch Complex…
What Is an Atmosphere? An atmosphere is a layer (or several layers) of gas that surrounds a planet, or other celestial body. If a celestial…
Trapped ions excited with a laser beam can be used to create entangled qubits in quantum information systems, but addressing several stationary pairs of ions…
Work will aid design of other unusual quantum materials with many potential applications. MIT physicists and colleagues, including scientists from Berkeley Lab, have discovered the…
Researchers from the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences examined the validity of the theory of relativity with the highest…