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NASA to create the coldest spot in the universe aboard the ISS
The researchers plan to study matter at 100 pico-Kelvin. At such low temperatures, ordinary concepts of solid, liquid and gas are no longer relevant.
January 31, 2014
Video: Solar eclipse from space
On Jan 30, the moon moved between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the sun, giving the observatory a view of a partial solar eclipse only visible from space.
January 31, 2014
The Grand Canyon much younger than we knew?
Some scientists believe the Grand Canyon formed 70 million years ago. But a new study suggests that it formed in its entirety only 5 to 6 million years ago.
January 31, 2014
Yin and yang of Saturn’s moon Iapetus
In this image, Saturn's moon Iapetus looks similar to the Chinese taiji symbol, what many call the yin-yang symbol, representing nature's duality.
January 31, 2014
Video: Stargazing in the Canadian Rockies
Jack Fusco captured more than 2,000 photos during the 2013 Jasper Dark Sky Festival in Canada, in order to create this timelapse video.
January 30, 2014
Coral reef discovered off Greenland
By sheer coincidence, researchers have discovered a reef of living cold-water corals in southern Greenland.
January 30, 2014
Newly-discovered virus has voracious appetite for anthrax
The newly-discovered anthrax-devouring Tsamsa virus, found in a zebra carcass in Namibia, could lead to new ways to combat deadly anthrax bacteria.
January 30, 2014
Space travel weakens flies’ immune systems
Fruit flies sent as eggs on a 12-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery had a key part of their immune system weakened, as they grew in space.
January 30, 2014
Old moon, red in the morning, from Hong Kong
A waning crescent moon like this one - seen only shortly before the dawn - is called an old moon. New moon comes on January 30, 2014 at 21:38 UTC.
January 30, 2014
Brown dwarf weather revealed by surface mapping
For humans, brown dwarf weather will always be rated as "extremely inclement" with temps of 2,000 degrees F (1,100 C) and clouds made of minute droplets of molten iron.
January 29, 2014
