Hidden Pockets of Water Could Be Common on the Surface of the Moon
Tiny Moon Shadows May Harbor Hidden Stores of Ice Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than…
Tiny Moon Shadows May Harbor Hidden Stores of Ice Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than…
New findings from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission suggest that the interior of the asteroid Bennu could be weaker and less dense than its outer layers—like a…
Why are some people more resilient to viruses than others? The answer has eluded scientists for centuries and, in the age of COVID-19, has come…
The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to…
A University of Colorado at Boulder astrophysicist is searching the light coming from a distant, and extremely powerful celestial object, for what may be the…
CU Boulder and Lockheed Martin will lead a new space mission to capture the first-ever closeup look at a mysterious class of solar system objects:…
Sea ice can act as an agent of climate change on a variety of timescales and spatial scales—it’s not just a passive responder to change….
In January 2019, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was orbiting the asteroid Bennu when the spacecraft’s cameras caught something unexpected: Thousands of tiny bits of material, some just…
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not…
Every night on Mars, when the sun sets and temperatures fall to minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (-62 Celsius) and below, an eerie phenomenon spreads across…
A University of Colorado Boulder-led team is the first to observe new equatorial wind patterns in Antarctica, revealing new connections in global circulation. A CIRES-led…
The St. Patrick Bay ice caps in Canada have completely disappeared. The St. Patrick Bay ice caps on the Hazen Plateau of northeastern Ellesmere Island…
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn’t necessarily get you higher,…
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years…
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an improved method for controlling smart tinting on windows that could make them cheaper, more effective…
A team of geologists led by CU Boulder is digging into what may be Earth’s most famous case of geologic amnesia. Researchers have spotted that phenomenon,…
Internationally agreed upon fees to put satellites in orbit could boost value of the space industry. Space is getting crowded. Aging satellites and space debris…
Multiple factors joined forces to devastate the Great Barrier Reef in 2016. A squad of climate-related factors is responsible for the massive Australian coral bleaching…