Hubble Reveals Rogue Planetary Orbit for Fomalhaut b
Counting the twists in a helical light beam: New device could contribute to a major increase in the rate of future optical communications

This illustration (not to scale) simulates the process by which an incoming complex wave can be identified and transmitted to a...
DNA prefers to dive head first into nanopores

A preference for diving head first When a DNA strand is captured and pulled through a nanopore, it’s much more likely to start the journey...
Cassini Suggests Icing on a Lake

This artist's concept envisions what hydrocarbon ice forming on a liquid hydrocarbon sea of Saturn's moon Titan might...
NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use of its Brush

This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the patch of rock cleaned by...
Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay'

The sinuous rock feature in the lower center of this mosaic of images recorded by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity is...
How Computers Push on the Molecules They Simulate

Dynamic computer simulations of molecular systems depend on finite time steps, but these introduce apparent extra...
Billions and Billions of Planets

An assortment of planets beyond our solar system is depicted in this artist's concept.