Study of young chaotic star system reveals planet formation secrets
New observations of young stellar object Elias 2-27 confirm gravitational instabilities and planet-forming disk mass as key to formation of ...
Tag: Astronomy
How a supermassive black hole originates
UC Riverside-led study points to a seed black hole produced by a dark matter halo collapse RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Supermassive ...
The give and take of mega-flares from stars
The long relationships between stars and the planets around them - including the Sun and the Earth - may be ...
ALMA discovers earliest gigantic black hole storm
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered a titanic galactic wind driven by a supermassive black hole 13.1 ...
Dark matter is slowing the spin of the Milky Way’s galactic bar
The spin of the Milky Way's galactic bar, which is made up of billions of clustered stars, has slowed by ...
The sun’s clock
All cycles fit the picture: New calculations support and expand planetary hypothesis Not only the very concise 11-year cycle, but ...
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope selects 24 flight-quality heat-vision ‘eyes’
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team recently flight-certified all 24 of the detectors the mission needs. When Roman launches ...
Cosmic cartographers map nearby Universe revealing the diversity of star-forming galaxies
Study reveals that the makeup and life cycle of star-forming clouds is dependent on location A team of astronomers using ...
Qorvo provides key enabling tech for identifying, mapping threats from near-earth objects
Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of innovative radio frequency (RF) solutions that connect the world, today announced its Spatium® ...
Did heat from impacts on asteroids provide the ingredients for life on Earth?
A research group from Kobe University has demonstrated that the heat generated by the impact of a small astronomical body ...
Which way does the solar wind blow?
Using supercomputers, researchers develop new software for improved space weather prediction The surface of the sun churns with energy and ...
New project aims to digitize astrophysical literature
Jill Naiman, teaching assistant professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a ...
Largest aerospace society names Sandia researcher ‘Engineer of the Year’
'Jack-of-all-trades' improves future spacefaring calculations ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Humberto "Tito" Silva III, a Sandia National Laboratories researcher, has been named ...
Victoria M Kaspi and Chryssa Kouveliotou receive the 2021 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2021 is shared equally by Victoria M. Kaspi, Professor of Physics and Director of McGill ...
Dark energy survey releases most precise look at the universe’s evolution
First three years of survey data uses observations of 226 million galaxies over 1/8 of the sky In 29 new ...
Magnetized threads weave spectacular galactic tapestry
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UMass/Q.D. Wang; Radio: NRF/SARAO/MeerKAT Threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields are weaving a tapestry of energy at ...
UMass Amherst astronomer reveals never-before-seen detail of the center of our galaxy
New image made using NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory hints at previously unknown interstellar energy source at the Milky Way centerCredit: ...
Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
Credit: Teo Muñoz Darias/Juan A. Fernández Ontiveros The researchers Juan A. Fernández-Ontiveros, of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in ...
Candid cosmos: eROSITA cameras set benchmark for astronomical imaging
An overview and performance assessment of the seven cameras of eROSITA, a space x-ray telescope launched in 2019Credit: P. Friedrich, ...
Mapping the local cosmic web
Dark matter map reveals hidden bridges between galaxiesCredit: Hong et. al., Astrophysical Journal UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new map ...
