Pulsing light may indicate supermassive black hole merger
Two black holes entwined in a gravitational tango in an earlier artist's conception of black holes.
Credit: NASA
As two galaxies enter the final stages of...
Producing radioisotopes for medical imaging, disease treatment
Medical applications of isotopes produced at BLIP Top: BLIP produces Strontium-82, a relatively stable isotope that can be transported and used in hospitals to...
NASA team explores using LISA Pathfinder as ‘comet crumb’ detector
This is an illustration of LISA Pathfinder on its way to Earth-sun L1.
Credit: ESA/C. Carreau
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space...
Meet ‘DeeDee,’ a distant, dim member of our solar system
Artist concept of the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee. ALMA was able to observe the faint millimeter-wavelength "glow" emitted by...
Internet atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security
A team of scientists developed Internet Atlas, the first detailed map of the internet's structure worldwide. The lines represent crucial pieces of the physical...
Aircraft influence the local weather, new study shows; Inadvertent cloud seeding can increase precipitation...
Aircraft-induced hole observed at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Camp, Antarctica (79 28.058 °S 112 05.189 °W, 1806 m elevation) on Dec. 12,...
Researchers on cloud nine as they uncover the origin of atmospheric particles
CLOUD chamber.
Credit: CERN
In a study led by the University of Leeds, scientists have solved one of the most challenging and long-standing problems in atmospheric...
Scientists part the clouds on how droplets form
Cloud droplets form when the amount of water vapor reaches a threshold value. Larger cloud droplets form when organic molecules (in red) are present...
New Experiment To Investigate Effect Of Galactic Cosmic Rays On Clouds And Climate
Jasper Kirkby in front of the CLOUD prototype, with a sketch to illustrate the possible link between galactic cosmic rays and cloud formation.
Credit: Image...
Experiment provides unprecedented insight into cloud formation
Graphic illustrating CERN's CLOUD experiment.
Credit: Fabienne Marcastel / © 2011 CERN
In a paper published in the journal Nature, the CLOUD experiment at CERN has...
Brighter clouds, cooler climate? Organic vapors affect clouds, leading to previously unidentified climate cooling
Natural emissions and humanmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on the world's climate by making clouds brighter.
Credit: © Yuriy Kulik /...
