Science

GRACE, GRACE-FO Satellite Data Track Ice Loss at the Poles

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Greenland's Steenstrup Glacier, with the midmorning sun glinting off the Denmark Strait in the background....

A Star-Bursting Galaxy Born from the Collision of Dwarfs

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This 2.5 x 2.5 arcminute image shows VCC 848, a compact dwarf galaxy that scientists think formed from the merger of two smaller...

A New Theory of Magnetar Formation for Neutron Stars

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Figure 1: 3D snapshots of the magnetic field lines in the convective zone inside a newborn neutron star. Inward (outward)...

Continued Gravitational-Wave Discoveries from Public Data

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Numerical-relativity simulation of the first binary black-hole merger observed by the Advanced LIGO detector on September 14,...

Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell

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Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell

Greenland and Antarctica losing ice six times faster than expected

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Greenland.

ESO Telescope Observes Exoplanet Where It Rains Iron

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ESO Telescope Observes Exoplanet Where It Rains Iron

Paper Sheds Light on Infant Universe and Origin of Matter

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The rotation of the QCD axion (black ball) produces an excess of matter (colored balls) over antimatter,...