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Space & Innovation
By Nancy Atkinson

Neil Armstrong Biopic Offers Stunning Look at ‘First Man' to Walk the Moon

Starring Ryan Gosling, ‘First Man’ recreates the trials and triumphs of the Apollo 11 hero and NASA icon in vivid detail.

Space & Innovation
By Nancy Atkinson

Finding Life on Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Be as Easy as Scratching the Surface

Possible traces of life may lie just centimeters below the moon’s icy surface.

Space & Innovation
By Nancy Atkinson

Unique Triple Star System Tests Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

A pulsar orbited by a white dwarf star, which are both orbited by another white dwarf, provide confirmation of the principle of universality of free fall.

Space & Innovation
By Nancy Atkinson

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Methane and Organic Material on Mars

The twin findings further prospects for one day discovering evidence of life on the Red Planet.

Space & Innovation
By Nancy Atkinson

Astronomers Discover ‘Cosmic Treasure’ Around Exoplanet WASP-107b

Helium is abundant throughout the universe, but detection of the element in exoplanet atmospheres has eluded astronomers — until now.

Space & Innovation
By Nancy Atkinson

Experiments Confirm the Interiors of Uranus and Neptune Are Made of Superionic Ice

Both a solid and a liquid, superionic ice forms under temperature and pressure extremes that are not found naturally on Earth.

Astronomy
By Nancy Atkinson

A New 3D Map of the Early Universe Reveals 4,000 Infant Galaxies

Astronomers from Lancaster University have modeled conditions during the earliest moments of the cosmos.

Astrophysics
By Nancy Atkinson

Hundreds — Perhaps Thousands — of Black Holes Occupy the Center of the Milky Way

Data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggests clusters of stellar-mass black holes surround Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Astronomy
By Nancy Atkinson

Hubble Telescope Captures Image of the Farthest Star Ever Seen

An improved gravitational lensing technique provides a glimpse of Icarus, a star located about 9 billion light-years from Earth.

Earth & Conservation
By Nancy Atkinson

Earth Likely Had Water Prior to Moon-Forming Collision

Analysis of moon rocks collected during the Apollo missions and volcanic rocks from Earth’s oceans reveals water was present before an impact with a Mars-sized object created the moon.

Astronomy
By Nancy Atkinson

This ‘See-Through Galaxy’ Far, Far Away Contains Virtually No Dark Matter

A new galaxy called NGC1052-DF2, or DF2 for short, challenges prevailing theories of galaxy formation.

Astrophysics
By Nancy Atkinson

This New Detector Technology Aims to ‘Scintillate’ Elusive Dark Matter Particles

Dark matter is thought to account for 25 percent of the mass of the universe, but it has never been observed. Berkeley Lab researchers hope to change that with a new approach.