How Solvent Mixtures Affect Organic Solar Cell Structure Revealed
Image Caption: Molecular view at an interface between two regions in a solar cell. Credit: Brian Collins Controlling “mixing” between acceptor and donor layers, or solar cell domains, in…
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The Song Of The Earth Captured And Sampled By Twin NASA Spacecraft
Computerized image of the Earth’s radiation belts where “chorus” comes from, with one of the twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes in the foreground. [Watch The Video] [Listen to EarthSong] Earth is…
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Astronomers Look To CME’s Coronal Cavity For Better Understanding
Image Credit: NASA / Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Astronomers reported in The Astrophysical Journal they have a better understanding of the temperatures of the coronal cavities in Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). Terry Kucera, a…
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Evidence Of Hydrated Minerals Found On Vesta By Dawn Spacecraft
Image Caption: These enhanced-color views from NASA’s Dawn mission show an unusual “pitted terrain” on the floors of the craters named Marcia (left) and Cornelia (right) on the giant asteroid Vesta. …
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Astrophysicists Using VLT To Look At Cosmic Lithium In Magellanic Clouds
Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / K. Gordon (STScl) A team of astrophysicists from the Center for Astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame are exploring a discrepancy between the amount of…
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Scientific Phase Of NASA’s GRAIL Moon Mission Begins
Image Caption: Artist concept of GRAIL mission. Grail will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon to measure its gravity field in unprecedented detail. The data collection…
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Fountain Of Youth Found, But Not Where You Would Expect
Image Caption: This image from the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory shows the spectacular globular star cluster Messier 4. This great ball of…
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NASA Engineers Fix Orbiter Millions Of Miles Away
Image Caption: NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars’ south pole in this artist’s concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter is back in…
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