Honey, I Shrunk the Solar System
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 8/24/2006 Pluto is no longer considered to be a planet (but a dwarf planet) and our solar system now has only eight (8) proper planets, astronomers of the IAU decided. Full story...
NASA Finds Direct Proof of Dark Matter
Source: Chandra/NASA Posted: 8/24/2006 Dark matter and normal matter have been wrenched apart by the tremendous collision of two large clusters of galaxies. The discovery, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, gives direct evidence for the existence of dark matter. Full story...
Unraveling the Secrets of an Atomic Switch
Source: NIST Posted: 8/24/2006 Scientists at NIST have used a beam of electrons to move a single atom in a small molecule back and forth between two positions on a crystal surface. Full story...
Hypernuclei at Jefferson Lab
Source: Jlab Posted: 8/8/2006 Nuclear physicists are using Jefferson Lab's CEBAF accelerator to add an impurity — a special type of particle called a hyperon — to the nucleus. Full story...
