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A team of researchers led by Dr. Sander Goossens of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has found evidence that the crust of the Red Planet is not as dense as previously thought. The research is published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. A new map of the thickness of the …

After 20 years in space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is nearing the end of its remarkable journey of exploration. NASA will provide live coverage, commentary, interviews and analysis: 7-8:30 a.m. EDT (4-5:30 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. GMT, 1-2:30 p.m. CEST): live commentary on NASA TV and online; an uninterrupted, clean …

Today, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its final approach to Saturn and dove into the gas giant’s atmosphere. Loss of contact with the orbiter took place at 7:55:46 a.m. EDT (4:55:46 a.m. PDT, 11:55:46 a.m. GMT, 1:55:46 p.m. CEST), with the signal received by NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna complex in …

A body of research putting type 2 diabetes patients on a low calorie diet has confirmed that the condition is reversible. For many patients it can be reversed with sustained weight loss of around 15 kg, according to a paper published in the journal BMJ. A finger stick helps patients …

On September 15, 2017, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its final approach to Saturn, but this encounter will be like no other. This time, Cassini will dive into the planet’s atmosphere, sending science data for as long as its small thrusters can keep the probe’s antenna pointed at Earth. Soon …

We’re mere days away from the end of NASA’s Cassini mission. The spacecraft has been exploring Saturn and its entourage of moons for more than a decade, but the time has come to execute the “Grand Finale.” In the early morning on Friday (September 15th), the final signals will be …

In a paper published in the journal Systematic Entomology, researchers described an unusual species of prehistoric trap-jaw ant found in several pieces of Burmese amber (known as burmite). Photomicrographs of Linguamyrmex vladi. Scale bars – 0.5 mm. Image credit: Barden et al, doi: 10.1111/syen.12253. The new species is named Linguamyrmex …

The Ancient Greeks may have built their sacred sites deliberately on land previously affected by earthquake activity, according to University of Plymouth Professor Iain Stewart. General view of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi; the implication is that the oracular chamber below the temple complex lies on a line of …

A team of researchers at New York University has found that the nucleus of a human cell exhibits subtle, but measurable, fast shape fluctuations, and that the amplitude of these fluctuations systematically decreases during the cell cycle, thus serving as a cell cycle stage indicator. The findings, published in the …

NASA’s Cassini robotic orbiter successfully made ‘goodbye kiss’ flyby of Saturn’s hazy moon Titan on September 11, 2017, at 3:04 p.m. EDT (12:04 p.m. PDT). This unprocessed image of Titan was captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its ‘goodbye kiss’ flyby of the hazy, planet-sized moon on September 11, 2017. …