Team Sets Upper Limit for Atmospheric Depth on Uranus and Neptune

Since the ‘80s, when Voyager 2 discovered extremely high atmospheric winds on Uranus and Neptune, the vertical extent of those winds has been a puzzle. Now, a team led by the Weizmann Institute’s Dr. Yohai Kaspi has found a way, based on a novel method for analyzing gravitational fields, to determine an upper limit for the atmospheric layer’s thickness.

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Olympian Kerri Strug Shares Tips for a Blissful Mother's Day

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Astronomers Discover Surprising Clutch of Hydrogen Clouds Lurking Among Our Galactic Neighbors

In a dark, starless patch of intergalactic space, astronomers have discovered a never-before-seen cluster of hydrogen clouds strewn between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33). The researchers speculate that these rarefied blobs of gas -- each about as massive as a dwarf galaxy -- condensed out of a vast and as-yet undetected reservoir of hot, ionized gas, which could have accompanied an otherwise invisible band of dark matter.

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Revolutionary Muon Experiment to Begin with 3,200-Mile Move of 50-Foot-Wide Particle Storage Ring

Scientists are moving a 40-ton complex electromagnet that spans 50 feet in diameter from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois.

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VLA Gives Deep, Detailed Image of Distant Universe

Staring at a small patch of sky for more than 50 hours with the ultra-sensitive Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have for the first time identified discrete sources that account for nearly all the radio waves coming from distant galaxies.

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Einstein's Gravity Theory Passes Toughest Test Yet

A strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth has provided physicists with a unique cosmic laboratory for studying the nature of gravity. The extremely strong gravity of a massive neutron star in orbit with a companion white dwarf star puts competing theories of gravity to a test more stringent than any available before.

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National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH Creates Comprehensive Cancer News Source with Newswise

The Cancer News Source, made possible through a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Newswise, provides up-to-date, comprehensive, quality content on the latest developments in cancer research, patient care, treatment innovations, and scientific advances. The Cancer News Source, and the weekly Cancer News Wire sent by email each Tuesday, serves as a resource for journalists, communicators, and members of the public interested in cancer news.

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Astronomers Discover Five-Planet System with Most Earthlike Exoplanet Yet

A University of Washington astronomer has discovered perhaps the most Earthlike planet yet found outside the solar system by the Kepler Space Telescope.

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Byrd Came Oh-So-Close, But Probably Didn’t Reach North Pole

When renowned explorer Richard E. Byrd returned from the first-ever flight to the North Pole in 1926, he sparked a controversy that remains today: Did he actually reach the pole? By studying Byrd's navigation techniques, a researcher at The Ohio State University has determined that Byrd indeed neared the Pole, but likely only flew within 80 miles of it before turning back.

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Listening to the Big Bang – in High Fidelity

Using new data from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite, a University of Washington physicist has updated his decade-old recreation of the sound of the Big Bang that started the universe.

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