Category: 7. Science

Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields strong enough to shield entire planets from dangerous cosmic radiation and other…

NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 22, which includes commemorating the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. The event is traditionally held every year on the fourth Thursday of…

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February. Six planets will be visible in the night sky at the same time for a couple of weeks. This phenomenon is known as a…

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic eruptions, played the central role in atmospheric carbon swings and long-term climate shifts throughout Earth’s geological…

Scientists have observed a supermassive black hole waking up from a nearly 100 million-year nap.

The black hole lies at the center of a gigantic galaxy that’s emitting extremely strong radio waves. A new analysis of these radio emissions reveals…

Precise methods for shredding or repairing and replacing specific cancer-causing proteins in a malignant cell, developed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, could have applications beyond cancer to a wide range of…

“Each spacecraft was loaded with propellant to match launch mass and subjected to vibration testing in all three axes. The objective was to make the simulated vibrations as true to the conditions of launch as possible,” said Jim Lux, SunRISE…

NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program released a new dashboard that lets authorized users submit and track proposals for yet-to-be-collected data from CSDA’s commercial partners. 

The Data Acquisition Request System…

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have produced the unprecedented high-resolution images of 24 debris disks — the dusty belts left after planets finish forming — revealing the dynamic, transitional…

The secret behind the formation of super-Earth and sub-Neptune exoplanets has been revealed, thanks to a study of four young planets that are evaporating.

Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23…