Astronomers discover new distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune
Rendering of the orbit of RR245 (orange line). Objects as bright or brighter than RR245 are labeled. The Minor Planet Center describes the object...
A giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh and beyond
Potential quake zone. Solid red line indicates an area of about 24,000 square miles that could move during a subduction-zone earthquake, affecting 140 million...
Warmer body temperature puts the heat on the common cold
A new Yale study reveals how body temperature affects the immune system's response to the common cold virus. The research, published by the Proceedings...
Clouds Are Moving Higher, Subtropical Dry Zones Expanding, According to Satellite Analysis
Global cloud patterns are shown. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
A Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego-led research team analyzing...
Monkeys in Brazil have used stone tools for hundreds of years at least
New archaeological evidence suggests that Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack open cashew nuts for at least 700 years, and the...
Surprise: Small elliptical galaxy actually a giant disk
At left, in optical light, UGC 1382 appears to be a simple elliptical galaxy. But spiral arms emerged when astronomers incorporated ultraviolet and deep...
Ancient supernovae buffeted Earth’s biology with radiation dose, researcher says
This image shows the remnant of Supernova 1987A seen in light of very different wavelengths. ALMA data (in red) shows newly formed dust in...
First-ever restoration of vision achieved in mice, researcher says
Experiments conducted under the leadership of a Stanford University School of Medicine investigator have succeeded, for the first time, in restoring multiple key aspects...
Sunset From the International Space Station
Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA captured a series of photos on April 25, 2016, for this composite image of the setting sun...
Paris at Night
Around local midnight time on April 8, 2015, astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of Paris, often referred to as the...
Researchers developing quick, inexpensive test to assess ER+ breast cancers
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University are teaming with industry and other academics to develop a quick and inexpensive test to predict which women...
