NASA’s SDO Witnesses a Double Eclipse
You can tell Earth and the moon’s shadows apart by their edges: Earth’s is fuzzy, while the moon’s is sharp and distinct. This is...
Newly Discovered ‘Blue Whirl’ Fire Tornado Burns Cleaner for Reduced Emissions
Credit: University of Maryland
Fire tornados, or ‘fire whirls,’ pose a powerful and essentially uncontrollable threat to life, property, and the surrounding environment in large...
Jupiter’s north pole unlike anything encountered in solar system
Storm systems and weather activity unlike anything encountered in the solar system are on view in these color images of Jupiter's north polar region...
First stars formed even later than previously thought
Cosmic reionisation. Credit: ESA – C. Carreau
ESA's Planck satellite has revealed that the first stars in the Universe started forming later than previous observations...
London air pollution policies are starting to have impact, but more work to be...
Image Credit: Flickr/Andy Miccone
New research by scientists at King’s College London suggests that air pollution from London’s roads is improving overall but more work...
Best image of Alpha Centauri A and B
The closest star system to the Earth is the famous Alpha Centauri group. Located in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), at a distance...
New light on the complex nature of ‘hot Jupiter’ atmospheres
A team of international researchers used state-of-the-art modelling techniques to extensively study the atmosphere of a ‘hot Jupiter’ found 150 lightyears from Earth.
Fascinating new...
Renewable energy breakthrough: Solar-powered reaction 100 times faster
An illustration shows one possible way that a highly active iridium oxide layer could form on the surface of a strontium iridium oxide catalyst....
‘Gambling’ wolves take more risks than dogs
Image Credit: Flickr/blacktigersdream
Would you rather get 100 euros for certain, or have a fifty-fifty chance of receiving either 200 euros or nothing? Most choose...
Electronic circuits printed at one micron resolution
Formation of microcircuit lines using a selective coating technique. (a) Schematic of selective coating technique. Only a hydrophilic region created through irradiation of parallel...
Ceres: The tiny world where volcanoes erupt ice
Volcanic dome Ahuna Mons rises above a foreground impact crater, as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft with no vertical exaggeration. Eruptions of salty, muddy...