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, ...
Tag: Astrophysics
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 ...
Arecibo Observatory returns from tropical storm Isaias lockdown to track asteroid for NASA
The National Science Foundation facility, managed by the University of Central Florida, determines that a newly discovered asteroid won't threaten ...
NASA data helps uncover our solar system’s shape
Credit: Opher, et al. Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system ...
Calcium-rich supernova examined with x-rays for first time
Unprecedented observations shine light on a compact star's final momentsCredit: Aaron M. Geller, Northwestern University IT Called "calcium-rich supernovae," these ...
Astronomers sink their teeth into special supernova
Calcium-rich supernovae, a unique type of exploding stars, produce up to half of the calcium in the UniverseCredit: A. M. ...
Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories
Small telescope and inexpensive diffuser key to resultsCredit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Pollard New detailed observations with NSF's NOIRLab facilities reveal a young ...
Stars rich in phosphorus: Seeds of life in the universe
Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC) All the chemical elements in the universe, except for hydrogen and most of the ...
Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique “bang” in simulations
Credit: Adapted from figure 4 in "Accretion-induced prompt black hole formation in asymmetric neutron star mergers, dynamical ejecta and kilonova ...
ALMA captures stirred-up planet factory
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Huang and S. Andrews; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello Planet-forming environments can be much more complex and chaotic ...
Surprisingly young galaxy breaks low-oxygen record
Rare, extremely metal-poor nearby galaxy discovered with machine learningCredit: Credit: NAOJ/Kojima et al. Maunakea, Hawaii - Astronomers using two Maunakea ...
Differences between discs of active and non-active galaxies detected for the first time
Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC). This study, just accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, is the first ...
NASA sun data helps new model predict big solar flares
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO Using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, scientists have developed a new ...
Surprising number of exoplanets could host life
New insight to inform future NASA missionsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Our solar system has one habitable planet -- Earth. A new study ...
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