(Phys.org)—ESA's Mars Express imaged the striking upper part of the Reull Vallis region of Mars with its high-resolution stereo camera last year.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jan 17, 2013 4.6 / 5 (8) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Europa, the enigmatic moon of Jupiter, is believed to be home to a subsurface ocean of liquid water. However, future missions to explore Europa's ocean may need to dig deep. Research suggests ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Sep 25, 2012 4.5 / 5 (8) 22 |

Neptune's largest moon Triton is most likely a captured Kuiper Belt Object. The capture of icy Triton and the subsequent taming of its orbit likely led to the formation of a subsurface ocean through tidal ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Sep 06, 2012 5 / 5 (7) 4 |

(Phys.org)—Astronomers have discovered a veritable rogues' gallery of odd exoplanets—from scorching hot worlds with molten surfaces to frigid ice balls.

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Sep 12, 2012 5 / 5 (7) 4 |

(Phys.org)—NASA's Kepler mission Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates. Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun's "habitable ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jan 08, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 1

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from South Korea have developed bendable polymer electrolytes for lithium ion batteries. The Yonhap News Agency carried the announcement, which has led to numerous suggestions, ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 17, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 1 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed elastic, self-healing wires in which both the liquid-metal core and the polymer sheath reconnect at the molecular level after being ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Jan 23, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 2 |

At this early stage in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system and beyond, the emphasis is on liquid water. Where it can exist on a planet's or moon's surface, so the thinking goes, life ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

May 03, 2013 4.4 / 5 (8) 10 |

A robot from Earth has successfully drilled into a Martian rock for the first time ever and exposed pristine alien material for high powered science analysis.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Feb 05, 2013 4.7 / 5 (7) 0

When it comes to sticking power under wet conditions, marine mussels are hard to beat. They can adhere to virtually all inorganic and organic surfaces, sustaining their tenacious bonds in saltwater, including turbulent tidal ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Feb 16, 2013 4.7 / 5 (7) 1

Virtually every material undergoes atomic-level ordering when cooled to temperatures approaching absolute zero. Liquid water, for example, is frozen into atomically ordered crystalline ice. However, condensed ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

May 02, 2013 4.6 / 5 (7) 1 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers from North Carolina State University have created conductive wires that can be stretched up to eight times their original length while still functioning. The wires can be used for ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Dec 18, 2012 4.4 / 5 (7) 14 |

(Phys.org)—With its 2160 litres of liquid helium about to run out, the Herschel Space Observatory will, by the end of March, become just another piece of space junk.

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jan 02, 2013 4.4 / 5 (7) 0

(Phys.org)—Using simple technology developed primarily for producing electricity from hydrogen, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Oct 04, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 1 |

Contributing geometric and topological analyses of micro-materials, University of Massachusetts Amherst mathematician Robert Kusner aided experimental physicists at the University of Colorado (UC) by successfully ...

Physics - General Physics

Dec 27, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 1 |