Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust
Of the millions of dust grains Cassini has sampled at Saturn, a few dozen appear to have come from beyond our...
A Space Spider Watches Over Young Stars
The Spider Nebula lies about 10,000 light-years away from Earth and is a site of active star formation.
Researchers create perfect nanoscrolls from graphene’s imperfect form
This sketch illustrates how a nanoscroll forms from a graphene oxide flake as a result of ultrasonic irradiation.
Elusive state of superconducting matter discovered after 50 years
A schematic image representing a periodic variation in the density of Cooper pairs (pairs of blue arrows pointing in opposite directions)...
Searching for Far Out and Wandering Worlds
As an exoplanet passes in front of a more distant star, its gravity causes the trajectory of the starlight to bend,...
NASA Invests in Two-Dimensional Spacecraft, Reprogrammable Microorganisms
Three-way battles in the quantum world
An artificial quantum world of atoms and light: Atoms (red) spontaneously arrange themselves in a checkerboard pattern as a result of the...
Topology explains queer electrical current boost in non-magnetic metal: Scientists reduce resistance in PdCoO2 with magnetic fields
Applying a magnetic field to PdCoO2, a non-magnetic metal, made it conduct 70% more electricity, even though basic physics principles would...
