NASA Voyager 2 Nearing Interstellar Space, Measures Increase in Cosmic Rays
NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system. Launched…
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Scientists Find Evidence of ‘Orphan’ Gamma-Ray Bursts
Astronomers typically study objects that are visible night after night or explode suddenly, like supernovas, but Casey Law is scouring vast amounts of data in…
Astronomers Discover a Distant Solar System Object – 2015 TG387
Astronomers have discovered a new object at the edge of our solar system. The new extremely distant object far beyond Pluto has an orbit that…
Black Holes Only Contain Small Percentage of the Universe’s Dark Matter
For one brief shining moment after the 2015 detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, astronomers held out hope that the universe’s mysterious dark…
Juno Views Elusive ‘Brown Barge’ in Jupiter’s South Equatorial Belt
A long, brown oval known as a “brown barge” in Jupiter’s South Equatorial Belt is captured in this color-enhanced image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Brown…
Scientists Show Obesity Alters Airway Function, Increases Asthma Risk
New research suggests that obesity changes how airway muscles function, increasing the risk of developing asthma. The study is published ahead of print in the…
Foldable Heat Shield Could Help NASA Explore the Solar System
Gearing up for its first flight test, NASA’s Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology, or ADEPT, is no ordinary umbrella. ADEPT is a foldable device that…
Unusual Pair of Asteroids Reveal Evidence for Early Planetary Shake-Up
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar…
Physical Exercise Improves Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease
A study by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team finds that neurogenesis — inducing the production of new neurons — in the brain structure…
Astronomers Discover Wolf 503b, An Exoplanet Twice The Size Of Earth
Wolf 503b, an exoplanet twice the size of Earth, has been discovered by an international team using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. The find…
Beer Consumption Linked to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk
Many men suffering from advanced-stage prostate cancer appear to share at least one thing in common: they are now or have been heavy drinkers of…
Scientists Reveal Surprising Feature Emerging at Saturn’s Northern Pole
The long-lived international Cassini mission has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn’s northern pole as it nears summertime: a warming, high-altitude vortex with a…
Stellar ‘Swarms’ Help Scientists Understand the Evolution of Stars
New work from Carnegie’s Jonathan Gagné and the American Museum of Natural History’s Jacqueline Faherty identified nearly a thousand potential members and 31 confirmed members…
New Horizons Makes First Detection of Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made its first detection of its next flyby target, the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, more than four months…
Marijuana Study Finds 63 Percent of Breast Milk Samples Have THC Up to Six Days After Use
With the legalization of marijuana in several states, increased use for both medicinal and recreational purposes has been documented in pregnant and breastfeeding women. Although…
MIT Media Lab Researchers Develop Wireless Underwater to Air Communications
MIT researchers have taken a step toward solving a longstanding challenge with wireless communication: direct data transmission between underwater and airborne devices. Today, underwater sensors…
The 15 Greatest Discoveries From NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spent 15 years in space. In honor of this anniversary, 15 of Spitzer’s greatest discoveries are featured in a gallery….
Why This Supermassive Black Hole Appears to Move
The study, carried out by two researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, shows that the “change in position” observed in the nucleus of…