The world’s longest-lived satellite, AO-7, turned 45 years old this month. It was launched on November…
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Astronomers investigate stellar content of the open cluster NGC 330
Using the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, astronomers have…
Illuminating the Gas Between Galaxies with Supercomputing
Galaxies contain millions of stars, and they grow by pulling in gas to make even more.…
Designer lens helps see the big picture
Microscopes have been at the center of many of the most important advances in biology for…
Historic climate change on Mars might be detectable
Historical instances of extreme climate change on Mars could be detected through the measurement of subsurface…
Estimating the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining
As an alternative to government-issued money, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin offers relative anonymity, no sales tax and…
Making tiny antennas for wearable electronics
When it comes to electronics, bigger usually isn’t better. This is especially true for a new…
Ancient komodo dragon-like animals had heads proportionally larger than dinosaurs
An international team of researchers has found evidence showing that the ancient meat-eating creature Vjushkovia triplicostata…
4-D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses
Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional. Increasingly, 3-D imaging technologies…
Emissions from electricity generation lead to premature deaths for some racial groups
Air pollution doesn’t just come from cars on the road, generating electricity from fossil fuels also…