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Supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies blast radiation and ultra-fast winds outward, as illustrated in this artist’s conception. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Central Black Holes Control Star Formation in Massive Galaxies: Study

Jan 2, 2018 by News Staff

Supermassive black holes, with masses more than a million times that of the Sun, reside at the centers of all massive galaxies. A new study published in...

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, characterized clinically by progressive memory loss, cognitive decline, and aberrant behavior. In Alzheimer’s, changes in tau protein lead to the disintegration of microtubules in brain cells. Image credit: Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center / National Institute on Aging.

New Diabetes Drug Shows Promise against Alzheimer’s Disease

Jan 1, 2018 by News Staff

A ‘triple receptor’ drug originally created to treat type 2 diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease after researchers from China and...

This image, captured by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, shows the megamaser galaxy UGC 6093. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Megamaser Galaxy: UGC 6093

Jan 1, 2018 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the galaxy UGC 6093. This image, captured by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, shows the megamaser...

Saturn’s Great Northern Storm churning through the atmosphere in the planet’s northern hemisphere overtakes itself as it encircles the planet in this true-color view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. This picture, captured on February 25, 2011, was taken about 12 weeks after the storm began, and the clouds by this time had formed a tail that wrapped around the gas giant. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Saturn’s Northern Storms Cause Disturbances in Its ‘Heartbeat’

Dec 31, 2017 by News Staff

Giant storms in Saturn’s northern hemisphere can disturb atmospheric patterns at the ringed giant’s equator, according to new research published in...

In the study, women outperformed men with around 30% faster oxygen handling throughout the body. Image credit: Amanda Mills / CDC.

Women are ‘Naturally More Fit’ Than Men, Finds New Study

Dec 30, 2017 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, women can process oxygen more quickly than men when they...

This image shows the galaxy 3C 298, located approximately 9.3 billion light-years away. The green colors highlight the energetic gas across the galaxy that is being illuminated by the quasar. The blue color represents powerful winds blowing throughout the galaxy. The red-orange colors represent the cold molecular gas in the system. The supermassive black hole sits at the center of the bright red-orange circular area slightly below the middle of the image. Image credit: Vayner et al.

Supermassive Black Holes Shed Light on Galaxy Formation

Dec 29, 2017 by News Staff

New findings from a team of astronomers at the University of California, San Diego, and elsewhere increase understanding of how powerful winds generated...

2014 MU69, the next flyby target of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, might have a moon. Image credit: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI.

Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 Might Have a Small Moon

Dec 29, 2017 by News Staff

The upcoming encounter of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft with 2014 MU69 will be an important and rare opportunity for close-up study of a Kuiper Belt...

This colorful image shows the sky around the bright pair of stars π1 Gruis (center-right, very red) and π2 Gruis (center-left, bluish-white). Just right of center the bright spiral galaxy IC 5201 is also visible and many other fainter galaxies are scattered across this wide-field image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Image credit: ESO / Digitized Sky Survey 2 / Davide De Martin.

Astronomers Observe Huge ‘Granules’ on Surface of Red Giant Star

Dec 29, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by ESO astronomer Claudia Paladini has directly observed granules — patterns of convection currents in the...

Aerial photograph of monumental Cerro Pintado petroglyphs. Image credit: Philip Riris, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2017.152.

2,000-Year-Old Petroglyphs Mapped in Venezuela

Dec 28, 2017 by News Staff

Dr. Philip Riris from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London and colleagues have mapped a series of rock engravings (petroglyphs), some...

Exercising twice a week may improve memory and thinking ability in patients with mild cognitive impairment, according to a new guideline released by the American Academy of Neurology. Image credit: Ingrid Holiho.

Exercise May Improve Memory, Thinking in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Dec 28, 2017 by News Staff

For people with mild cognitive impairment, don’t be surprised if your health care provider prescribes exercise rather than medication. According to a...

Main-belt asteroids 29 Amphitrite, 324 Bamberga, 2 Pallas, and 89 Julia. Image credit: Vernazza et al / ESO.

ESO’s Planet Hunter Spots Four Massive Main-Belt Asteroids

Dec 28, 2017 by News Staff

ESO’s Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research (SPHERE) instrument, installed on the Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in...

Vasopressin is an antidiuretic hormone, whose best known functions are to promote water retention and maintain fluid balance. However, it also has other effects, and Mayer et al discovered that these include stimulation of red blood cell maturation. Image credit: Gerd Altmann.

Antidiuretic Hormone Vasopressin Stabilizes Blood Volume, Study Shows

Dec 28, 2017 by News Staff

Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, is released from the brain, and known to work in the kidney, suppressing a process called diuresis. According...

An archaeology student uncovering the mosaic floor of a church at Beth Shemesh, Israel. Image credit: Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Byzantine-Era Monastery and Church Uncovered in Israel

Dec 27, 2017 by News Staff

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists digging at the site of Beth Shemesh have discovered the spectacular remains of a 1,500-year-old monastery...

The golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Image credit: Sebastian Moreno / CC BY-ND 2.0.

Amazon’s First Hybrid Bird Species Found: Golden-Crowned Manakin

Dec 27, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of ornithologists has revealed that a rare Amazonian bird called the golden-crowned manakin (Lepidothrix vilasboasi) — first...

Clay seals from the archive of Doliche. Image credit: University of Münster.

German Archaeologists Find Collection of Ancient Clay Seals in Turkey

Dec 27, 2017 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the University of Münster, Germany, have unearthed a large collection of 1,800-year-old clay seals, or bullae, at the ancient city...

Cummings et al suggest that specifically reducing dietary BCAAs may represent a highly translatable option for the treatment of obesity and insulin resistance. Image credit: Jill Wellington.

Diet Low in Branched-Chain Amino Acids May Be Key to Weight Loss: Study

Dec 27, 2017 by News Staff

A specific group of amino acids called branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) is elevated in the blood of obese, insulin-resistant humans and rodents. A new...

The new systematic review of previous studies showed an overall positive association between the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and indices of obesity in both children and adults. Image credit: MasterTux.

New Review Confirms Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Are Linked to Overweight and Obesity

Dec 26, 2017 by News Staff

According to a systematic review of recent cohort studies and randomized controlled trials, published in the journal Obesity Facts, consumption of sugar-sweetened...

These colorized radar images show the near-Earth asteroid Phaethon. At time of closest approach on December 16, 2017, Phaethon was about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million km) away. The encounter is the closest the asteroid will come to Earth until 2093. Image credit: Arecibo Observatory / NASA / NSF.

Astronomers Obtain Images of Near-Earth Asteroid Phaethon

Dec 26, 2017 by News Staff

A sequence of radar images of the near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon was obtained in December 2017 by astronomers using the NASA-funded planetary radar...

This image shows an enormous, balloon-like bubble (center) being blown into space by a super-hot, massive Wolf-Rayet star. Image credit: NASA / ESA / F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, and L. Frattare (Viz 3D Team, STScI).

Solar System May Have Been Born in Wolf-Rayet Bubble

Dec 26, 2017 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from the University of Chicago and Clemson University has laid out a theory for how our Solar System could have formed in the dense...