When NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite launched into space in April 2018, it did so with a specific goal: to search the universe for new planets.
Supernova Observation First of Its Kind Using NASA Satellite
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Cancer Device Created at Rutgers to See if Targeted Chemotherapy is Working
Rutgers researchers have created a device that can determine whether targeted chemotherapy drugs are working on individual cancer patients.
Joshua Trees Facing Extinction
They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new research shows Joshua trees won’t survive much past this century.
Flies May Also Spread Disease Among Monkeys and Apes
People the world over have a good sense that flies are filthy and that we do not want them landing on our food during our summer picnics.
Gaia Starts Mapping the Galactic Bar in the Milky Way
The first direct measurement of the bar-shaped collection of stars at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy has been made by combining data from the Gaia mission (European Space Agency, ESA) with complementary observations by ground- and space-based telescopes.
NASA Looks at Barry’s Rainfall Rates
After Barry made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, NASA’s GPM core satellite analyzed the rate in which rain was falling throughout the storm.
