NASA’s TESS Mission Discovers Saturn-Sized Planet
Astronomers who study stars are providing a valuable assist to the planet-hunting astronomers pursuing the primary objective of NASA’s new TESS Mission. In fact, asteroseismologists…
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New Experiment Recreates Prehistoric Ocean Conditions
A new experiment by Elizabeth Swanner evaluating the reduction of iron in prehistoric oceans may reinterpret the conditions under which iron-rich sedimentary rock is formed….
Study Reveals Strange Star KIC 8462852 is Likely Swarmed by Comets
Using NASA’s Kepler and Spitzer Space Telescopes, new research suggests that unusual light signals from star KIC 8462852 are likely from dusty comet fragments, which…
Engineers Develop Micro-tentacles So Tiny Robots Can Handle Delicate Objects
Engineers at Iowa State University developed spiraling microrobotic tentacles that can gently grip delicate objects. The tiny tube circled an ant’s thorax, gently trapping the…
Astronomers Discover Misaligned Planets in a Distant Planetary System
In a newly published study, researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center and Iowa State University detail the discovery of two planets in the Kepler-56 planetary…
Computer Models Help Explain Why Disk Galaxies Eventually Look Alike
In a newly published study, researchers detail how they developed and used computer models simulating galaxy evolution to help explain why all disk galaxies eventually…