For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) watched a black hole tear apart a star in a cataclysmic phenomenon called a tidal disruption event.
NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its 1st Star-shredding Black Hole
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UMD CONSERVE Center of Excellence Working to Ensure Water and Food Security and Protect Public Health in a Changing Climate
We’re running out of water to grow food.
Scientists Finally Find Superconductivity in Exactly the Place They've Been Looking for Decades
Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory say they have found the first, long-sought proof that a decades-old scientific model of material behavior can be used to simulate and understand high-temperature superconductivity – an important step toward producing and controlling this puzzling phenomenon at will.
Helping Lower-Income Households Reap the Benefits of Solar Energy
Rooftop solar panels are a great way for people to invest in renewable energy while saving money on electricity.
Study Champions Inland Fisheries as Rural Nutrition Hero
Synthesizing new data and assessment methods is showing how freshwater fish is an invisible superhero in the global challenge to feed poor rural populations in many areas of the world.
Predicting a Hurricane’s Intensity Can Prove Difficult – But Very Important
Rapid intensification is a serious challenge for the prediction of hurricane intensity.
