Tag: Astrophysics

Remnants of planets with Earth-like crusts have been discovered in the atmospheres of four nearby white dwarf stars by University ...

Study shows super-Earths are not leftovers of mini-Neptunes, challenging our understanding of planetary formationCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Mini-Neptunes and super-Earths up ...

New capabilities developed by an international team of astronomers make it possible to directly image planets that could potentially harbour ...

Credit: courtesy of Josh Frieman Fermilab scientist and University of Chicago Professor Josh Frieman has been awarded an American Astronomical ...

A step in the search for life elsewhere in the galaxyCredit: Artist image by Eric Lundin; Z firing photo by ...

UC Riverside-led study finds extreme tidal mass loss in dwarf galaxies formed in a simulationCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...

Credit: Embry-Riddle/Jason Kadah Within the constellation Cygnus, an elderly star and its massive companion are having one last hurrah, flinging ...

Credit: @ULB Causal reasoning is ubiquitous - from physics to medicine, economics and social sciences, as well as in everyday ...

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Nanjing Univ./P. Zhou et al. Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA Astronomers may have found our galaxy's first example of an unusual ...

Recalibrated its mass, radius, and distanceCredit: ESO/M. Montargès et al. Betelgeuse is normally one of the brightest, most recognizable stars ...

Distant galaxies used as 'locator pins' to detect 'invisible' cold clump of gasCredit: Mark Myers/OzGrav Astronomers have for the first ...

EMIRS will provide a unique view of the lower and middle atmosphere of the planet, measuring the distribution of dust ...

Credit: Denis Kosyanov, FEFU PI REC for Advanced Ceramic Materials Research Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) have advanced ...

Galaxies with extended disks maintain productivity, research revealsCredit: TNG Collaboration Massive galaxies with extra-large extended "puffy" disks produced stars for ...