NASA's ARIA Team Helps in Puerto Rico Quake Response

New satellite data shows worst-hit areas of Puerto Rico following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake and…

NASA Says Goodbye to One of Agency's Great Observatories

The live-streamed show, featuring mission members and NASA leadership, will air on Jan. 22,…

PIA23429: ARIA Maps Damage of Western Puerto Rico After Quakes

           Target: Earth Mission:  ARIA Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech, ESA Click here for original story,…

Taking the temperature of dark matter

Warm, cold, just right? Physicists are using gravitational lensing to take the temperature of dark matter,…

Researchers identify gene with functional role in aging of eye

Researchers say a gene known to be a biomarker of age plays a key role in…

Glimpses of fatherhood found in non-pair-bonding chimps

Although they have no way of identifying their biological fathers, male chimpanzees form intimate bonds with…

'The blob,' food supply squeeze to blame for largest seabird die-off

When nearly one million common murres died at sea and washed ashore from California to Alaska…

Pachacamac Idol of ancient Peru was symbolically painted

The Pachacamac Idol of ancient Peru was a multicolored and emblematic sacred icon worshiped for almost…

Neanderthals went underwater for their tools

Neanderthals collected clam shells and volcanic rock from the beach and coastal waters of Italy during…

Transparency discovered in crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity

Use of an AC rather than a DC electric field can improve the piezoelectric response of…