2015 El Niño Appears Likely to Equal the Event of 1997-98
NASA scientists continue to monitor and study this year’s El Niño, which appears likely to equal the event of 1997-98 – the strongest El Niño…
NASA scientists continue to monitor and study this year’s El Niño, which appears likely to equal the event of 1997-98 – the strongest El Niño…
This new image from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals a gored clump in Saturn’s F ring. Saturn’s dynamic F ring contains many different types of features…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics studying the birth of solar systems have found thirteen stars with detectable disks, none of which is as…
The first research paper based on data from NASA’s New Horizons recent flyby of Pluto was published today, revealing a degree of diversity and complexity…
This newly released image from the European Southern Observatory shows a close-up view of the Coalsack Nebula. Dark smudges almost block out a rich star…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft will begin a series of three close encounters with Saturn’s moon Enceladus starting Wednesday, October 14. New images are expected to begin…
Newly published research from the CHANG-ES consortium reveals that “halos” of cosmic rays and magnetic fields above and below the galaxies’ disks are much more…
By using epigenetic information from just nine regions of the human genome, a new algorithm can predict the sexual orientation of males with up to…
In over 16 years of operation, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed thousands of objects across space. To commemorate October as American Archive Month, six…
New color images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveal blue atmospheric hazes and water ice on Pluto. “Who would have expected a blue sky in…
This newly released image from the European Southern Observatory shows the globular cluster NGC 6553. This spectacular starry field of view shows the globular cluster…
By producing photoreceptors from human embryonic stem cells, researchers from the University of Montreal have taken a major step forward in the fight against age-related…
In a newly published study, neuroscientists from MIT reveal evidence that the brain’s inferotemporal cortex can identify objects. When the eyes are open, visual information…
A newly published study from UCLA neuroscientists reveals how a diet high in processed fructose hampers the brain’s ability to heal itself following traumatic injury….
New images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft are the highest resolution images yet of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon. The images reveal a surprisingly complex and…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft continues to provide scientists with new data on Ceres and scientists are still trying to identify the “bright spots” and the processes…
In a newly published study, a team of scientists from Rice University and Baylor College reveal the structural details of a protein seen as key…
New research using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on…