HiRISE Views Impact Ejecta on the Surface of Mars
NASA’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) gets a closer look at impact ejecta on the surface of Mars. Impact ejecta is material that is…
NASA’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) gets a closer look at impact ejecta on the surface of Mars. Impact ejecta is material that is…
Using direct imaging, a team of astronomers has discovered a young Jovian exoplanet within a triple-star system. If you thought Luke Skywalker’s home planet, Tatooine,…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has measured the rotation rate of an extreme exoplanet by observing the varied brightness in its…
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark streaks on the walls of Garni Crater on Mars. Astronomers believe these recurring streaks are…
A newly published study from MIT reveals how bombardier beetles superheat liquid and expel it in an intense, pulsating jet as a defensive mechanism. Bombardier…
A newly published study details the discovery of the brightest quasar in the early universe, powered by the most massive black hole yet known at…
Using images NASA’s Voyager-2, astronomer Erich Karkoschka has uncovered features in Uranus’ atmosphere that reveal an unexpected, strange rotation pattern and point to the possible…
Astronomers from the University of Arizona have discovered two dust belts surrounded by a large dust halo around young star HD 95086, providing researchers with…
Using the FourStar imager at Las Campanas Observatory, scientists have discovered evidence of water ice clouds on a newly discovered brown dwarf WISE J085510.83-071442.5 (W0855)…
A team of researchers has discovered how to change the crystal structure of graphene, a finding that could lead to smaller and faster microprocessors. A…
An international team of astronomers has solved a decades old space mystery, revealing a new theory for how collapsed stars become polluted. Scientists from the…
A new 3D model provides new insight into the turbulent death throes of supernovas, showing a turbulent interior that spits out star remnants prior to…
Using essentially the same type of imaging sensor found in digital cameras, astronomers have captured images of a planet outside our solar system for the…
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet that is unlike anything in our own Solar System. HD 106906 b has 11 times the mass of Jupiter and…
In an effort to improve retinal implant technology, researchers have developed a new method that uses microsecond pulses, on-chip counter-electrodes, and controlled firing of electrodes…
Scientists have discovered the earliest known complete nervous system preserved in the fossilized remains of a 520 million-year-old arthropod. A team of researchers led by…
Astronomers have completed the largest-ever survey of dense gas clouds in the Milky Way, cataloging and mapping more than 6,000 gas clouds and allowing astronomers…
A new study shows that planet 55 Cancri e is less likely to consist largely of diamond, revealing that the carbon-to-oxygen ratio appears to be…