Hubble Space Telescope Image of the Week – Unusual Galaxy IRAS 06076-2139
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy IRAS 06076-2139, which is located 500 million light-years away. NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope views the unusual galaxy IRAS…
NASA Reviews 12 Proposals for Future Unmanned Solar System Exploration
NASA is reviewing 12 proposals for a future unmanned mission that will launch in the mid 2020s. The proposed missions were submitted as part of…
Eating Better Can Help You Live a Healthier, Longer Life
As of now science says the best prescription to slow the effects of aging is regular exercise and a healthy diet, while maintaining a healthy…
Curiosity Rover Samples Active Linear Dune on the Surface of Mars
From February to April 2017, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover examined linear sand dunes to compare with what it found in 2015 and 2016 during an…
Astronomers Detect Atmosphere Around Super-Earth Planet GJ 1132b
Using ESO/MPG telescope in Chile, a team of astronomers has detected an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet for the first time. The planet, super-Earth planet…
Hubble Telescope Views the Many Galaxies of Abell 370
Hubble uses the power of gravitational lensing to get a better look at galaxy cluster Abell 370 and its several hundred galaxies that are tied…
Researchers Discover Four Genes Associated with Developing Tourette’s Disorder
A team of scientists has discovered four genes that are associated with a higher risk of developing Tourette’s disorder, although variants in as many as…
New Video Shows Cassini’s First Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings
As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its first-ever dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings, one of its imaging cameras took a series of…
MIT Develops New Model To Speed Up Colon Cancer Research
By delivering RNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles to the colon, scientists at MIT have developed a fast and accurate way to speed up colon cancer…
Cassini Captures New Image of the North Pole of Enceladus
This newly released Cassini image gives astronomers a closer look at the north polar region of Enceladus. In the north, Enceladus’ surface appears to be…
VISTA Captures Record-Breaking Image of the Small Magellanic Cloud
The infrared capabilities of the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope (VISTA) reveal the myriad of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud much more clearly than…
Astronomers Discover a Giant Wave of Hot Gas Rolling Through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
A wave of hot gas spanning 200,000 light-years is rolling through the Perseus galaxy cluster. Combining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations…
SOFIA Confirms Nearby Epsilon Eridani System Is Remarkably Similar To Our Solar System
Using data from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), astronomers confirm that the nearby Epsilon Eridani system has an architecture remarkably similar to that…
Mysterious Gamma-Ray Glow at the Center of the Milky Way Most Likely Caused by Pulsars, Not Dark Matter
A newly published study reveals that the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars, not dark…
NASA Issues a Challenge – High Performance Fast Computing Challenge
Improve the speed of computational fluid dynamics algorithms in NASA’s FUN3D software. A prize purse of up to $55,000 in overall cash prizes is available….
Yale Researchers Stop Sugar-Craving in Fruit Flies
Working with fruit flies, researchers from Yale University have discovered ways to blunt the craving for sugar. A single pair of neurons in the throat…
Glass Brain Gives Researchers a Window Into the Mind (Video)
In these short videos, researchers use a glass brain and pulses of light to show how information flows between different regions of the brain. The…
Scientists Use the Light of Double Quasars to Measure the Structure of the Universe
Using the light of double quasars, a team led by researchers has made the first measurements of small-scale fluctuations in the cosmic web just 2…