Unusual Shape of Exploded Star Puzzles Scientists
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/S. Park and J. Lee); Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Hydrothermal Vent Expedition is Educational Experience for Scientists and Middle-School Students
Certain mussels and anemones can live near hydrothermal vents. Credit: Charles Fisher, Penn State
Mobile DNA Elements in Woolly Mammoth Genome Give New Clues to Mammalian Evolution
Drawing of a woolly mammoth
Probing Question: Can a Pandemic be Predicted?
Astronomy Team Probes Edge of Supermassive Black Hole
An artist's depiction of the accretion of a thick ring of dust into a supermassive black hole. The accretion produces jets of gamma rays and X-rays. Credit: ESA / V. Beckmann (NASA-GSFC)
Online System Rates Images by Aesthetic Quality
Scientists Determine the Structure of Highly Efficient Light-Harvesting Molecules in Green Bacteria
The image shows a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park Montana, a site where bacteria containing chlorosomes can be found in the brightly colored mats. Credit: Donald Bryant, Penn State
Center To Investigate Plant Cells for Better Biomass Fuels
Daniel J. Cosgrove
New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record
Credit: D. Fox, A. Cucchiara (Penn State Univ.), E. Berger (Harvard Univ.) and Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA
Evolution-Proof Insecticides May Stall Malaria Forever
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