A Multi-Wavelength View of Radio Galaxy Hercules A
Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a super massive black hole in the core...
Ice Sheet Loss at Both Poles Increasing, Study Finds
The midnight sun casts a golden glow on an iceberg and its reflection in Disko Bay, Greenland. Much of...
Herschel Serves up Solar Systems with Extra Comets
This artist's impression shows the orbits of planets and comets around the star 61 Vir, superimposed on a view from the...
Swirling Storms on Saturn
This image from NASA's Cassini mission was taken on Nov. 27, 2012, with Cassini's narrow-angle camera.
Proving quantum computers feasible: With a new contribution to probability theory, researchers show that relatively simple physical systems could yield powerful quantum computers
The possible quantum states of a chain of particles can be represented as points in space, with lines connecting states that can be swapped...
NIST experiments challenge fundamental understanding of electromagnetism
Observations made with NIST's Electron Beam Ion Trap indicate that in ions with a strongly positive charge, electrons can behave in ways...
Solar Minimum; Solar Maximum
The picture on the left shows a calm sun from Oct. 2010. The right side, from Oct....
UK team help show for the first time, dwarf planet Makemake lacks atmosphere
Artist's impression of the surface of the dwarf planet Makemake.
