The puzzling quadrupole moment measured in the cosmic microwave background may be due to a lens-like distortion caused by the terminal shock wave at the heliopause.
A giant balloon, taller than a football field, is now flying at the edge of space to collect data on cosmic rays -- the most super-charged particles in the universe.
In what could be a biomedical research milestone, scientists have genetically modified a line of marmosets so that they glow green - and they can pass the trait to their children.