Science

Where are the Best Windows Into Europa's Interior?

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This graphic of Jupiter's moon Europa maps a relationship between the amount of energy deposited onto the moon from...

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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Scientists “See” Flux Rope Formation for the First Time

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Models of flux ropes have been drawn by theorists in the past, but scientists had never before observed them...

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Blame it on the Rain (from Saturn's Rings)

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This artist's concept illustrates how charged water particles flow into the Saturnian atmosphere from the planet's...

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W3 star-forming region

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The full image of the W3 region. Click on the image to see an annotated version, highlighting some of the key...

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Interdisciplinary team demonstrates superconducting qualities of topological insulators: Findings may prove useful in search for elusive Majorana quasiparticle

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Top left: SEM image of a typical device. Mechanically exfoliated Bi2Se3 thin film is colored as brown and contact metals consist of Ti(2....

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Deep Space Applauds NASA Asteroid Initiative - Calls for Collaboration with Private Sector

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Suzaku 'Post-mortem' Yields Insight into Kepler's Supernova

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This composite of images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the remnant of Kepler's...

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Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova

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This is a Hubble Space Telescope view of supernova SN UDS10Wil, nicknamed SN Wilson that...

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