NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed
Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the...
Europe’s largest spaceship reaches its orbital port
Warm Ocean Causing Most Antarctic Ice Shelf Mass Loss
This photo shows the ice front of Venable Ice Shelf, West Antarctica, in October 2008. It is an example of a small-...
Mars Water-Ice Clouds Are Key to Odd Thermal Rhythm
This graphic depicts the Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter measuring the...
M31: Black Hole Bonanza Turns up in Galaxy Next Door
- Twenty-six black hole candidates have been identified in Andromeda, aka M31, adding to 9 previously found.
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New quantum dot technique combines best of optical and electron microscopy
Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new microscopy technique...
An ultrasensitive molybdenum-based image sensor: New material can result in 5 times more sensitive cameras
This prototype is the first ever molybdenum based image sensor, 5 times more sensitive than current silicium-based technology.
Exposure to Air Transforms Gold Alloys Into Catalytic Nanostructures: Brookhaven Lab scientists create promising gold-indium oxide nanoparticles through room-temperature oxidation
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of the gold-indium alloy nanoparticles at room temperature. (A) shows an overview of...
