Ape-Like RoboSimian Robot in Development
This two minute video shows the early development of RoboSimian, an ape-like robot being developed as part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. RoboSimian is an…
This two minute video shows the early development of RoboSimian, an ape-like robot being developed as part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. RoboSimian is an…
A newly published study details how three atmospheric patterns came together in 2010 and 2011, driving so much precipitation over Australia that the world’s ocean…
This short video is comprised of images taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover as it watched the larger of Mars’ two moons, Phobos, passing in front…
Bound for Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft reached the halfway point on August 12, 2013 and should arrive at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. Once there,…
Using data from Spitzer and WISE, scientists reveal in a new study that massive galaxies appear to slow their growth over time, feeding less and…
In two new studies, NASA’s Curiosity Rover reveals details about the Martian atmosphere and clues about how Mars may have lost much of its original…
After a decade of service, operators at Orbital Sciences Corporation sent the signal to decommission NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer. NASA has turned off its Galaxy…
Now more than 18 billion kilometers away from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 1 is close to entering interstellar space. Using data from the spacecraft’s journey, several…
Researchers have now discovered 10,000 near-Earth asteroids and comets, with the 10,000th being a 1,000-foot (300-meter) asteroid called 2013 MZ5. More than 10,000 asteroids and…
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has indicated that temperatures rise and fall twice a day on Mars, with a rise during the nighttime as…
By examining images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and performing experiments on sand dunes in Utah and California, researchers believe that marks on the Martian…
NuSTAR data reveals that the once active supermassive black hole at the center of the Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is now dormant,…
Data from Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer has allowed researchers to confirm that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a major role in the production…
Using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, a newly published study suggests that migrating planets stop their inward journey before reaching their stars, remaining in…
Further analysis of Curiosity data has led researchers to believe that an ancient, flowing stream once existed on Mars. Pasadena, California – Detailed analysis and…
By combining GRAIL gravity data with computer models of large asteroid impacts and known details about the geologic evolution of impact craters, scientists were able…
Using the Deep Space Network antenna, astronomers have captured the first radar images of asteroid QE2. The asteroid is approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in…
Researchers have found hints of evidence suggesting that Saturn’s moon Dione was likely active in the past, and could still be active now. From a…