NSF CAREER Award supports astronomer’s quest to further understand the universe
Research led by Laura Sales will shed light on the dark matter content of dwarf galaxiesCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. ...
Tag: Astronomy
How’s the weather up there? WVU engineer aims to enhance space weather forecasting
Credit: NASA Usually, the Earth's magnetic field shields us from the misadventures of our nearest star, the mighty sun. But ...
Better than reality: NASA scientists tap virtual reality to make a scientific discovery
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA scientists using virtual reality technology are redefining our understanding about how our galaxy works. Using a ...
New cancer center established at Johns Hopkins University
With $5 million award, The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research partners with multi-investigator team at Johns Hopkins University developing next-generation ...
Tiny, ancient meteorites suggest early Earth’s atmosphere was rich in carbon dioxide
Credit: Donald Brownlee/University of Washington Very occasionally, Earth gets bombarded by a large meteorite. But every day, our planet gets ...
Active asteroid unveils fireball identity
Credit: NAOJ/Kasuga et al. At around 1 a.m. local standard time on April 29, 2017, a fireball flew over Kyoto, ...
Astronomers reveal interstellar thread of one of life’s building blocks
ALMA and Rosetta map the journey of phosphorusCredit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rivilla et al.; ESO/L. Calçada; ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM; Mario Weigand, www.SkyTrip.de Phosphorus, ...
Final images from Cassini spacecraft
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/A. Bader (Lancaster University). Researchers are busy analysing some of the final data sent back from the ...
Stars need a partner to spin Universe’s brightest explosions
When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the Universe, University of Warwick astronomers have found that ...
Leading astronomers and geophysicists honored in RAS bicentenary
Credit: Steve Kurtz / UC Santa Cruz The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce the winners of its medals ...
Christopher Kochanek awarded 2020 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics Contributions
Professor of astronomy honored for research into black hole formation, building worldwide network of telescopesCredit: Kevin Grady (Radcliffe Institute) WASHINGTON, ...
Stellar heavy metals can trace history of galaxies
Credit: University of Tokyo, NAOJ Astronomers have cataloged signs of 9 heavy metals in the infrared light from supergiant and ...
NEID exoplanet instrument sees first light
New extreme-precision instrument on track to find and 'weigh' exoplanetsCredit: NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/KPNO/NSF/AURA The new NEID instrument, ...
Planet WASP-12b is on a death spiral, say Princeton scientists
A Princeton-led team of astrophysicists has shown that this exoplanet is spiraling in toward its host star, heading toward certain ...
POPULAR NEWS
-
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers identify unique survival strategies adopted by fish in the world’s warmest waters
-
CHOP experts describe types of rashes associated with MIS-C
-
Scientists discover that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases is also linked to childhood brain cancer
-
Microbial Nanowires