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Solar Orbiter Sends Back First Science Data

The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission will face the Sun from within the orbit of Mercury at its closest approach. Image credit: ESA / ATG Medialab.
Feb 20, 2020 by News Staff

Solar Orbiter, a new collaborative mission between ESA and NASA to study our Sun, successfully launched on an Atlas V 411 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 10, 2020. One of its scientific instruments, the magnetometer (MAG), was the first instrument to switch on, less than 24 hours after launch, beaming back ‘housekeeping’ data showing it was alive and functioning. The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission will face the Sun from...

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Thick white clouds are present in this JunoCam image of Jupiter’s equatorial zone. These clouds complicate the interpretation of infrared measurements of water. At microwave frequencies, the same clouds are transparent, allowing Juno’s Microwave Radiometer to measure water deep into Jupiter’s atmosphere. The image was acquired during Juno’s flyby of the gas giant on December 16, 2017. Imager credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill.

Juno Mission Releases First Science Results on Jupiter’s Atmospheric Water

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

Water makes up about 0.25% (almost three times that of the Sun) of the molecules in Jupiter’s atmospheric molecules at the gas giant’s equator, according...

The ruins of the 3,100-year-old Canaanite temple at Tel Lachish, Israel. Image credit: Fourth Expedition to Lachish.

Archaeologists Discover Ruins of 3,100-Year-Old Canaanite Temple in Israel

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

The remains of a previously unknown Canaanite temple, dating from the 12th century BCE, have been uncovered in the north-eastern corner of the site of...

Electrons travel in cars with increasing numbers, giving rise to a conductance series that shows up in Pascal’s triangle. Image credit: Yun-Yi Pai.

Scientists Discover New Electronic State of Matter

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

A team of U.S. physicists and materials scientists has observed a new state of matter at the interface between two oxide materials: lanthanum aluminate...

This is an artistic impression of a red dwarf star’s magnetic interaction with its exoplanet. Image credit: Danielle Futselaar, Artsource.nl.

Astronomers Find New Way to Study Planets around Red Dwarf Stars

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

Using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, astronomers have observed radio waves that carry the distinct signatures of extraterrestrial aurorae,...

de Wit et al show that remdesivir is a promising antiviral treatment against MERS that could be considered for implementation in clinical trials. This colorized scanning electron micrograph shows MERS virus particles (blue) both budding and attached to the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (yellow). Image credit: NIAID.

Remdesivir: Experimental Antiviral Drug Shows Promise against MERS Virus in Rhesus Macaques

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is closely related to the COVID-19 coronavirus (also known as SARS-CoV-2 and 2019-nCoV) that has...

Graphic image of a thin film of protein nanowires generating electricity from atmospheric humidity. Image credit: Yao and Lovley labs, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

‘Air-Gen’ Device Generates Electric Power from Ambient Humidity

Feb 18, 2020 by News Staff

A thin-film device made from nanometer-scale protein wires harvested from the microbe Geobacter sulfurreducens can generate continuous electric power in...

This composite image of Ultima Thule was compiled from data obtained by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the object on January 1, 2019. The image combines enhanced color data (close to what the human eye would see) with detailed high-resolution panchromatic pictures. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute / Roman Tkachenko.

Three New Studies Provide More Complete Picture of Physical Nature of Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth

Feb 18, 2020 by News Staff

On January 1, 2019, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Arrokoth — provisional designation 2014 MU69, previously...

A nesting cassowary-like dinosaur named Beibeilong sinensis in the act of incubating eggs. Image credit: Zhao Chuang.

Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded, Study of Fossil Eggshells Suggests

Feb 18, 2020 by News Staff

Using a novel technique called clumped isotope paleothermometry, an international team of paleontologists analyzed eggshell fossils representing three...

CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia. Image credit: Shaun Amy.

Breakthrough Listen Scientists Release New Data from SETI Survey of Milky Way

Feb 18, 2020 by News Staff

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative, the largest ever scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of alien civilizations, has released data from...

According to Kathrin Andrich et al, the Epigallocatechin gallate -- a compound found in green tea leaves -- may be of particular benefit to patients struggling with multiple myeloma and amyloidosis. Image credit: Ascyrafft Adnan.

Green Tea Extract Plus Exercise May Mitigate Obesity-Related Fatty Liver Disease, Study Shows

Feb 18, 2020 by News Staff

The combination of decaffeinated green tea extract and voluntary exercise can effectively mitigate nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, suggests a new study...

World Health Organization Underestimates Spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, New Review Says

Feb 17, 2020 by News Staff

In a review of previous studies, a team of researchers from Sweden, Germany and China found the average reproduction number (R0) for the COVID-19 coronavirus...

Reconstruction of Stupendemys geographicus male (front) and female (middle-left), together with the giant caimanine Purussaurus mirandai and the large catfish Phractocephalus nassi. Image credit: Jaime Chirinos.

Paleontologists Find New Fossils of Gigantic Freshwater Turtle

Feb 17, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of paleontologists has unearthed several well-preserved shells and the first known jaw specimen of Stupendemys geographicus, a species...

Betelgeuse: VLT Observes Dimming Supergiant Star

Feb 17, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using two instruments on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured new images of a red supergiant star called Betelgeuse. The images...

An artist’s impression of Tralkasaurus cuyi. Image credit: Sebastian Rozadilla.

New Carnivorous Dinosaur Unearthed in Argentina

Feb 17, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of medium-sized abelisaurid dinosaur being named Tralkasaurus cuyi has been discovered by Dr. Mauricio Cerroni from the Argentine...

This Hubble image shows the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4689. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is based on data obtained through three filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Takes Closer Look at Stunning Spiral Galaxy: NGC 4689

Feb 17, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have photographed the central part of a spiral galaxy called NGC 4689. This Hubble image shows the...

Cassiopea xamachana medusae (5-12 cm in diameter) resting on umbrella apex with oral arms facing up, observed by authors in the natural mangrove habitat in Key Largo, Florida, the United States. Scale bar - 5 cm. Image credit: A. Morandini.

Biologists Solve Mystery of ‘Stinging Water’

Feb 14, 2020 by News Staff

Snorkelers in mangrove forest waters inhabited by the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana report discomfort due to a sensation known as ‘stinging...

This view of Titan is among the last images NASA’s Cassini spacecraft sent to Earth before it plunged into the giant planet’s atmosphere. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Cosmic Rays from beyond Solar System Affect Atmosphere of Titan

Feb 14, 2020 by News Staff

Using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of Japanese researchers has found that Galactic cosmic rays affect the...

This updated version of the iconic ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image taken by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft uses modern image-processing software and techniques to revisit the well-known Voyager view while attempting to respect the original data and intent of those who planned the images. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

NASA Releases Remastered ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Image

Feb 14, 2020 by News Staff

On February 14, 1990, cameras of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft pointed back toward the Sun and snapped a series of pictures of the Sun, Earth and other...

An artist’s impression of the dissolving of the electronic ‘traffic jam:’ the red atoms are different in their quantum nature and allow transport of electrons in their surroundings. Image credit: Berend Zwartsenberg.

Physicists Pioneer New Way to Turn Metal into Insulator

Feb 14, 2020 by News Staff

A team of physicists led by the University of British Columbia has demonstrated a novel way to precisely control electrical currents by leveraging the...

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