To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A new video shows changes in Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from…
Credit: NASA NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corporation of McLean, Virginia, to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Wallops Range Contract…
Like a scene out of a Jules Verne novel, scientists from Schmidt Ocean Institute recently encountered a giant phantom jelly (Stygiomedusa gigantea). The enormous deep-sea jellyfish was spotted about 830…
Brewing beer relies on a very simple living thing–brewer’s yeast. The microorganisms thrive on mashed grains, converting sugars into both alcohol and carbon dioxide along the way. But there’s not…
The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is well-known for its impressive lifespan. Marine biologists believe the world’s longest-living vertebrate often reaches over 400 years old, and possibly lives even longer. But…
Beavers might rival even the most hardworking corporate employee in productivity and hustle, but they’re not quite cut out for business travel—especially the airborne kind. Nevertheless, in 1948, 76 industrious…
If one room in your home always feels like the cold room at Coscto, a space heater is a quick way to get comfortable without cranking the thermostat for the…
Growing up in Houston, Craig Shannon was always inspired by NASA and the spirit of exploration the agency represents. Yet it was a passion for scuba diving that unexpectedly led…
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This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Earlier this year, scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization…