Experimental Evidence That Stars May Generate Sound
A chance discovery by a team of physicists has provided experimental evidence that stars may generate sound. The study of fluids in motion – now…
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Carnufex Carolinensis – North America’s Top Predator Before Dinosaurs?
New research from North Carolina State University shows that a 9-foot-long crocodile ancestor may have been North America’s top predator before the dinosaurs arrived. A…
MAVEN Spacecraft Detects Aurora and Mysterious Dust Cloud around Mars
New research being presented at the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference details the discovery of an unexplained high-altitude dust cloud and aurora that reaches…
New Threat to East Antarctic Ice
New research reveals two seafloor gateways that could allow warm ocean water to reach the base of Totten Glacier, raising concerns about how it will…
Hubble Views Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy SBS 1415+437
This newly released Hubble image shows blue compact dwarf galaxy SBS 1415+437. The bright streak of glowing gas and stars in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Exhibits Signs of Hydrothermal Activity
Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, two newly published studies reveal the first clear evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity…
Survey of Carina Nebula Reveals Details of Star Formation
A newly published study about the Carina Nebula is helping astronomers better understand the processes that may have contributed to the formation of the sun…
Astronomers Discover Dwarf Galaxies Orbiting the Milky Way
Astronomers from the University of Cambridge have identified nine new dwarf satellites orbiting the Milky Way, the largest number ever discovered at once. Astronomers have…
Hubble Views Multiple Images of a Highly Magnified Supernova for the First Time
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has spotted four images of a distant exploding star for the first time. The images are…
New Isotopic Measurements Reveal Mars Once Had More Water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean
New measurements by researchers at NASA reveal that an ocean once covered approximately twenty percent of the Martian surface, making Mars is considerably wetter than…
Astronomers Identify a Quadruple Star System, 30 Ari
Using the Robo-AO adaptive optics system and the PALM-3000 adaptive optics system, astronomers have identified a planet in a quadruple star system for only the…
Scientists Discover a Gene for Brain Size
A team of researchers has identified for the first time a gene (ARHGAP11B) that is only present in humans and contributes to the reproduction of…
Life Possible on Saturn’s Moon Titan
In a new study, chemical engineers and astronomers from Cornell University reveal that Titan could harbor methane-based, oxygen-free cells that metabolize, reproduce and do everything…
Astrophysicists Investigate Where Stars Form in Merging Galaxies
Researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics simulated galaxy collisions under a wide range of conditions in order to investigate the question of where the…
Chandra Discovers Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Spiral Galaxy NGC 2276
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered a newly cosmic object that may help provide answers to some long-standing questions about how black holes…
New Form of Quantum Friction Observed
Physicists at Yale University have observed a new form of quantum friction that could open new avenues in the fields of nonlinear quantum optics and…
Dawn Spacecraft Shows Crater Shapes on Ceres’ Surface
These new images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft show the full range of different crater shapes that can be found at Ceres’ surface: From shallow, flattish…
Painkillers with Fewer Side Effects
Scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are paving the way for a new generation of pain relievers with reduced dependency. Researchers have long sought…
