Researchers reveal cause of Jupiter’s x-ray aurorae
Credit: YAO Zhonghua's group An international research team led by YAO Zhonghua from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of ...
Tag: Astrophysics
Galactic fireworks: New ESO images reveal stunning features of nearby galaxies
Credit: ESO/PHANGS A team of astronomers has released new observations of nearby galaxies that resemble colourful cosmic fireworks. The images, ...
A star in a distant galaxy blew up in a powerful explosion, solving an astronomical mystery
Giant explosion in space illuminates thousand-year mysteryCredit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory Dr. Iair Arcavi, a Tel Aviv University researcher ...
Jets pose many riddles
Credit: (Image collage: Matthias Kadler (JMU); based on individual images by C. Fromm (JMU), A. Baczko (MPIfR), R. Perley and ...
Physicists describe sun’s electric field
Credit: Jasper Halekas lab, University of Iowa As the Parker Solar Probe ventures closer to the sun, we are learning ...
Galactic gamma ray bursts predicted last year show up right on schedule
Sherlock Holmes story gives clue to successful prediction of bursts from nearby magnetarCredit: Mikhail Denissenya, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Magnetars are ...
Teardrop star reveals hidden supernova doom
International team led by University of Warwick makes rare sighting of a binary star system heading towards supernovaCredit: University of ...
Danish student solves how the Universe is reflected near black holes
Credit: credit: interstellar.wiki/CC BY-NC License. In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may ...
SwRI’s Bolton receives NSS Space Pioneer Award
National Space Society recognizes accomplishments in opening the space frontierCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- July 12, 2021 -- ...
LHAASO’s measurement of Crab Nebula brightness yields new UHE gamma-ray standard
Credit: Image by Institute of High Energy Physics The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), one of China's key ...
New radio receiver opens wider window to radio universe
Credit: Osaka Prefecture University/NAOJ Researchers have used the latest wireless technology to develop a new radio receiver for astronomy. The ...
Thousands of galaxies classified in a blink of an eye
Credit: Credit: NASA/Hubble (elliptical galaxy M87), ESA/Hubble & NASA (lenticular galaxy NGC 6861 and the colliding Antennae galaxies), and David ...
Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth
Researchers use unusual meteorite to gain insight into our solar system's past, presentCredit: Ryan Ogliore, Washington University in St. Louis ...
Chasing cosmic particles with radio antennas in Greenland’s ice
Pioneering project listens for neutrinos from outer spaceCredit: Credit: RNO-G, Cosmin Deaconu In Greenland's ice sheet, a set-up unlike any ...