Cool new worlds found in our cosmic backyard
Citizen scientists and NOIRLab facilities key to discovery of almost 100 nearby cool brown dwarfsCredit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld Acknowledgement: William Pendrill ...
Tag: Astrophysics
100 cool worlds found near the sun
Citizen scientists help locate some of the coolest brown dwarfs ever discoveredCredit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld; acknowledgement: William Pendrill Maunakea, Hawaii - ...
A stepping stone for measuring quantum gravity
Theoretical design for gravitational wave detector has many additional applicationsCredit: R. Marshman et al A group of theoretical physicists, including ...
Experiments replicate high densities in ‘white dwarf’ stars
Findings could shed light on creating new materials on EarthCredit: Illustration by Mark Meamber/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory For the first ...
Strange gamma-ray heartbeat puzzles scientists
Cosmic gas cloud blinks in sync with circling black holeCredit: Credit: DESY, Science Communication Lab Scientists have detected a mysterious ...
A method has been developed to study extreme space weather events
Credit: SDO/AIA +SOHO/LASCO COR1+COR2 Scientists at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), together with colleagues from the Karl-Franzens University ...
NASA satellite’s lone view of Betelgeuse reveals more strange behavior
Credit: NASA/STEREO/HI For several weeks in summer 2020, NASA's Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, had the solar system's ...
Hubble finds that Betelgeuse’s mysterious dimming is due to a traumatic outburst
Credit: NASA, ESA, and E. Wheatley (STScI) Observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are showing that the unexpected dimming of ...
Perovskite and organic solar cells prove successful on a rocket flight in space
New solar cells for spaceCredit: Wei Chen / TUM Perovskite and organic solar cells are promising options for future generations ...
ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike
Galaxy is distorted, appearing as a ring of light in the skyCredit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rizzo et al. Astronomers using the ...
Physicists cast doubt on neutrino theory
Subatomic particles are no-shows in experiments, increasing doubts about their existenceCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative + Brand University of Cincinnati ...
NASA’s planet Hunter completes its primary mission
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center On July 4, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) finished its primary mission, imaging ...
Clemson doctoral candidate uses rockets to surf the Alaskan sky
Clemson postdoc and a multi-institutional research team documented "surfer waves" in the upper atmosphere that create a pipeline of energy ...
Classifying galaxies with artificial intelligence
Credit: Credit: NAOJ/HSC-SSP Astronomers have applied artificial intelligence (AI) to ultra-wide field-of-view images of the distant Universe captured by the ...
Inside the ice giants of space
By reconstructing on a small scale the physical processes that take place within ice giant planets, such as Uranus and ...
NASA sounding rocket finds helium structures in sun’s atmosphere
Credit: NASA Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists aren't sure just how ...
Hubble makes the first observation of a total lunar eclipse by a space telescope
Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected ...
Stellar egg hunt with ALMA
Tracing evolution from embryo to baby starCredit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tokuda et al., ESA/Herschel Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...
A new look at Mars’ eerie, ultraviolet nighttime glow
Credit: LASP Every night on Mars, when the sun sets and temperatures fall to minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit and below, ...
NASA’s Maven observes martian night sky pulsing in ultraviolet light
Credit: Credits: NASA/MAVEN/Goddard Space Flight Center/CU/LASP Vast areas of the Martian night sky pulse in ultraviolet light, according to images ...
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