External Commercial ISS Platform Starts Second Mission After Astronauts Swap Payloads On Orbit

NanoRacks has successfully completed the change out of the second round of its privately owned External…

The Geometry of the Infrared and X-Ray Obscurer in a Dusty Hyperluminous Quasar

Abstract: We study the geometry of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) obscurer in IRAS 09104+4109, an…

The TESS Science Processing Operations Center

Abstract: The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will conduct a search for Earth's closest cousins starting…

Scientists illuminate genetics underlying the mysterious powers of spider silks

Spider silks, the stuff of spider webs, are a materials engineer's dream: they can be stronger…

Scientists illuminate genetics underlying the mysterious powers of spider silks

Spider silks, the stuff of spider webs, are a materials engineer's dream: they can be stronger…

Shunned by microbes, organic carbon can resist breakdown in underground environments

The soils and sediments beneath our feet can contain an astonishing amount of carbon—more than in…

Shunned by microbes, organic carbon can resist breakdown in underground environments

The soils and sediments beneath our feet can contain an astonishing amount of carbon—more than in…

It’s all in the math: New tool provides roadmap for cell development

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have created a new tool to describe the many possible…

It’s all in the math: New tool provides roadmap for cell development

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have created a new tool to describe the many possible…

Physicists breeding Schroedinger cat states

Physicists have learned how they could breed Schrödinger cats in optics. Scientists tested a method that…