Tag: Astrophysics

Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC). Sunspots are darker regions which often appear on the Sun's surface. They are caused ...

The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time.Credit: Greg Stewart/Jacqueline ...

Scientists at Osaka University use extremely intense laser pulses to create magnetized-plasma conditions comparable to those surrounding a black hole, ...

Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Electric current is everywhere, from powering homes to controlling the plasma that ...

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Bi et al., NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...

Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, Exeter/Kraus et al. A team of astronomers have identified the first direct evidence that groups of stars ...

Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, Exeter/Kraus et al. Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can ...

Understanding the origins of extremely oblique orbital angles such as these could help reveal details about the planetary formation processCredit: ...

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), S. Kraus & J. Bi; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), two teams ...

Textbook on Archaeoastronomy is linked to the online course The Science of Stars and Stones at Politecnico di MilanoCredit: Springer ...

Credit: (Photo: Elisa Mortin) Cosmic rays prove it: the universe hosts astrophysically elusive "monsters" that continuously and efficiently accelerate elementary ...

Credit: Shuai Li To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high ...

The process occurs in active-core nuclei. A molecular gas cloud that accumulates in the central region is blown away by ...

Credit: YU Jingchuan, Beijing Planetarium Most matter in the Universe is dark and completely different in nature from the matter ...

Credit: N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration The gravitational ...

A quick 'bang' signals the most massive gravitational-wave source yetCredit: N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for ...

Credit: Volker Springel and the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of the universe ...

Credit: KIS The Sun is our star and has a profound influence on our planet, life, and civilization. By studying ...

Credit: Mark A. Garlick A team including researchers from the Institute for Astrophysics of the University of Cologne has for ...

Credit: Akahori et al. Radio astronomers have detected jets of hot gas blasted out by a black hole in the ...