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This composite image shows an infrared view of Titan. In this image blue represents wavelengths centered at 1.3 microns, green represents 2.0 microns, and red represents 5.0 microns. A view at visible wavelengths would show only Titan’s hazy atmosphere; the near-infrared wavelengths in this image allow Cassini’s vision to penetrate the haze and reveal the moon’s surface. The view looks toward terrain that is mostly on the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Titan. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Hydrogen Cyanide: Key to Prebiotic Conditions on Saturn’s Moon Titan

Jul 6, 2016 by News Staff

A team of researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, has uncovered a chemical trail that suggests prebiotic conditions may exist on the surface...

Calciavis grandei stands by the shores of the Eocene fossil lake in Wyoming, roughly 50 million years ago, with a small rallid bird in the background. Image credit: Velizar Simeonovski.

Calciavis grandei: Kiwi Relatives Lived in North America 50M Years Ago

Jul 5, 2016 by News Staff

A nearly 50-million-year-old bird fossil unearthed in Wyoming represents a new species that is a close relative of living kiwis, ostriches, and emus, according...

Turing test: one judge-two hidden interlocutors. Image credit: Kevin Warwick & Huma Shah, Coventry University / Christopher Chapman, University of Reading.

New Study Exposes Major Flaw in Turing Test

Jul 5, 2016 by News Staff

A serious problem in the Turing test — a test posited by the famed British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing which, if passed, would...

Artistic reconstruction of the pathological individual of the hadrosauroid dinosaur Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus from the uppermost Cretaceous of the Hateg Basin, Romania, in rostral view, showing the probable life appearance of the mandibular deformity caused by ameloblastoma. Image credit: Mihai D. Dumbrava.

First Fossil Ameloblastoma Discovered in Cretaceous Dinosaur from Romania

Jul 5, 2016 by News Staff

The first-ever record of ameloblastoma — a rare, non-cancerous tumor that develops most often in the jaw near the molars – found in a fossil...

This illustration depicts NASA’s Juno spacecraft at Jupiter, with its solar arrays and main antenna pointed toward the distant Sun and Earth. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Juno Ready to Encounter Solar System’s Biggest Planet

Jul 4, 2016 by News Staff

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter, the most massive planet in our Solar System, later today (July 4) to orbit the gas giant for 20 months...

This Hubble image shows the dwarf galaxy LEDA 677373. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Finds Victim of Cosmic Crime

Jul 4, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged an ancient and faint dwarf galaxy called LEDA 677373. This Hubble image shows the dwarf galaxy LEDA 677373....

This artist’s rendering shows Juno making one of its close passes over Jupiter. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Scientists Excited as Juno Nears Jupiter

Jul 3, 2016 by News Staff

NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft is on course to swing into orbit around the gas giant on Monday, July 4. This artist’s rendering shows Juno making...

Occator crater (center) appears to be among the youngest features on Ceres. Dawn mission scientists estimate its age to be about 78 million years old. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA.

Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Mysterious Bright Spots on Ceres

Jul 1, 2016 by News Staff

Anomalously bright areas on the dwarf planet Ceres have the highest concentration of sodium carbonate ever seen outside our planet, says a new study published...

A simulation of the Antarctic ozone hole, made from data taken on October 22, 2015. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Researchers Identify Clear Signs of Healing in Antarctic Ozone Layer

Jun 30, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers led by Prof. Susan Solomon of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has identified the first ‘fingerprints...

The view towards the east from the Carregal do Sal megalithic cluster, at dawn at the end of April around 4,000 BC, as reconstructed using a Digital Elevation Model and Stellarium. Aldebaran, the last star to rise before the Sun, is rising directly above Serra da Estrela, the ‘mountain range of the star.’ Image credit: Fabio Silva.

Iberian Megalithic Tombs: 6,000-Year-Old Lensless Telescopes?

Jun 30, 2016 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from the UK is exploring what might be described as the first astronomical observing tool, potentially used by humans around 4,000...

A Hubble image of the spiral galaxy NGC 7714, which has been dramatically distorted in shape by a close interaction with another nearby galaxy. Minor, but frequent, disturbances such as this cause a burst of star formation, accounting for around half of all new stars being formed in the local Universe. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Gal-Yam, Weizmann Institute of Science.

Minor Mergers of Galaxies are Important Drivers of Star Formation, Astronomer Says

Jun 30, 2016 by News Staff

Almost 55 percent of the star formation arises from minor mergers between galaxies, according to an astronomer who analyzed data collected as part of the...

Kiso 5639 is a member of a class of galaxies called ‘tadpoles’ because of their bright heads and elongated tails. New Hubble/WFC3 observations comprising this image cover a wide portion of the spectrum, including ultraviolet, optical, H-alpha, and infrared emission. Together, they paint a beautifully detailed picture of Kiso 5639. Image credit: NASA / ESA / D. Elmegreen, Vassar College / B. Elmegreen, IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center / J. Almeida, C. Munoz-Tunon, & M. Filho, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias / J. Mendez-Abreu, University of St. Andrews / J. Gallagher, University of Wisconsin-Madison / M. Rafelski, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / D. Ceverino, Center for Astronomy at Heidelberg University.

Kiso 5639: Hubble Space Telescope Photographs Cosmic Tadpole

Jun 29, 2016 by News Staff

The newest photo from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is of a rare type of galaxy, known as a ‘tadpole.’ Kiso 5639 is a member of a class of galaxies...

Surface of a lotus leaf. Image credit: William Thielicke / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lotus Leaf Inspires Water-Repellent, Antibacterial Metal Surfaces

Jun 29, 2016 by News Staff

A group of scientists from Europe has harnessed new photonics technology to develop superhydrophobic, antibacterial metal surfaces, taking us a step closer...

This false-color image of Jupiter was created by selecting and combining the best images obtained from many short VISIR exposures at a wavelength of 5 micrometers. Image credit: L. Fletcher / ESO.

Astronomers Release New Infrared Images, High-Resolution Maps of Jupiter

Jun 28, 2016 by News Staff

Amazing new infrared images and high-resolution maps of Jupiter give a glowing view of Juno’s target, several days ahead of the NASA mission’s arrival...

Aalto University scientists find explanation for auroral sounds. Image credit: Unto Laine / Aalto University.

Scientists Find Explanation for Sounds of Northern Lights

Jun 28, 2016 by News Staff

The popping and crackling sounds associated with Aurora borealis (or the Northern Lights) are born when the related geomagnetic storm activates the charges...

This Hubble image shows the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1569. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Aloisi Ford / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NGC 1569: Hubble Probes Interior of Small Star-Forming Galaxy

Jun 27, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an absolutely beautiful image of the interior of NGC 1569, one of the most active galaxies in our local...

Radix carbonica. Scale bar - 500 μm. Image credit: Alexander J. Hetherington et al / Oxford University Herbaria.

Researchers Find 320 Million-Year-Old Plant Root Stem Cells

Jun 24, 2016 by News Staff

A team of paleontologists led by Oxford University researcher Prof. Liam Dolan has discovered the oldest known population of plant root stem cells in a...

An illustration of the layer of dark hydrogen the team’s lab mimicry indicates would be found beneath the surface of gas giants like Jupiter. Image credit: Stewart McWilliams.

Gas Giant Planets May Contain Layers of ‘Dark Hydrogen,’ Say Physicists

Jun 24, 2016 by News Staff

On the surface of giant gaseous planets, hydrogen is a gas. But between this gaseous layer and the liquid metal hydrogen in the planet’s core lies a...

The inoculation of viruses into mosquito bite sites is an important and common stage of arbovirus infections. Dr. McKimmie and his colleagues show that inflammation at bite sites aids viral replication and dissemination in vivo, resulting in more severe infection. These findings define additional targets for post-exposure prophylactic intervention. Image credit: Marieke Pingen et al.

Inflammation from Mosquito Bites May Enhance Virus Replication, Dissemination

Jun 22, 2016 by News Staff

According to a mouse study published this week in the journal Immunity, the swelling and irritation that make mosquito bites so unpleasant may provide...

This X-ray image shows extended emission around the magnetar Swift J1834.9-0846. The glow arises from a cloud of fast-moving particles produced by the neutron star and corralled around it. Color indicates X-ray energies, with 2,000-3,000 electron volts (eV) in red, 3,000-4,500 eV in green, and 5,000 to 10,000 eV in blue. The image combines observations by XMM-Newton taken on March 16 and October 16, 2014. Image credit: ESA / XMM-Newton / G. Younes et al.

‘Wind Nebula’ Spotted around Magnetar

Jun 22, 2016 by News Staff

Using ESA’s X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton, astronomers have spotted for the first time an enigmatic cloud of high-energy particles called a wind...

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