How long would it take for satellites to begin to collide with space junk and each other if they were to suddenly lose their ability to avoid each other?
A new study finds that, with the immense quantity of satellites that hurtle in Earth’s…

How long would it take for satellites to begin to collide with space junk and each other if they were to suddenly lose their ability to avoid each other?
A new study finds that, with the immense quantity of satellites that hurtle in Earth’s…
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers analyzing data from an array of telescopes, including the W. M. Keck…

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature’s resilience to natural disasters has long been recognized, not much is known about how organisms colonize brand-new habitats…

Shell-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates represent a fascinating intersection of ultracold atomic physics and the study of fluids in extreme environments, offering insights relevant to astrophysical phenomena. Brendan Rhyno, from the Institute…

After developing the approach, the team demonstrated its unprecedented speed for real-world investigations. They used ENTRAP-seq to study gene regulation in a transcription activator known to mediate expression of a gene that controls…

NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides in research, technology, engineering, science, and innovation this past year. Join us as we take a look back at some of the highlights from 2025.
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The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 metres tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few centimetres high.
Exactly how they got so big is uncertain, but new…

The universe has delivered a rare breakthrough for researchers chasing one of the hardest effects to catch in the night sky.
In findings reported in Science Advances, scientists describe the first observations of a spiraling swirl in spacetime…