Peculiar Cosmic Explosion on Christmas 2010 Continues to Intrigue Astronomers
Frame from animation that interprets the Christmas burst as the merger of a red giant and a neutron star. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Asteroid Video Captured by NASA's Swift Satellite
Starry sky with gray overlay.
Penn State Science is Among the Best Programs in the United States, New National Research Council Study Shows
Daniel J. Larson
Galaxy DNA-Analysis Software is Now Available "in the Cloud"
The Galaxy platform helps researchers to analyze vast quantities of DNA-sequence data. Credit: National Institutes of Health
Jawbone Found in England is from the Earliest Known Modern Human in Northwestern Europe
Maxilla from Kent's Cavern
Humans and Climate Contributed to Extinctions of Large Ice-Age Mammals, New Study Finds
The musk ox is one of the species studied by Beth Shapiro and her team. Credit: Beth Shapiro lab, Penn State
Three New Planets and a Mystery Object Discovered Outside Our Solar System
Credit: Marty Harris/McDonald Obs./UT-Austin
Now There's an App for NASA's Swift Observatory
A screenshot showing the Swift app interface.
Record-Breaking Photo Reveals a Planet-sized Object as Cool as the Earth
Credit: Janella Williams
Twitter Data Used to Track Vaccination Rates and Attitudes
Doctor marking patient's arm in advance of administering a vaccine. Credit: NIH
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