Atmosphere of mid-size planet revealed by hubble and spitzer
Credit: NASA, ESA, and L. Hustak (STScI) Two NASA space telescopes have teamed up to identify, for the first time, ...
Tag: Astrophysics
Scientists weigh the balance of matter in galaxy clusters
A method of weighing the quantities of matter in galaxy clusters - the largest objects in our universe - has ...
Tracking down dark matter
Physicists at Mainz University intend to detect axions using a new comagnetometer configurationCredit: ©Arne Wickenbrock, JGU Matter surrounds us day ...
Hubble captures the galaxy’s biggest ongoing stellar fireworks show
In the mid-1800s, mariners sailing the southern seas navigated at night by a brilliant star in the constellation Carina. The ...
‘Oumuamua is not an alien spacecraft
New analysis, co-led by UMD astronomer, suggests a natural origin for our first interstellar visitorCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser On October 19, ...
Hubble captures cosmic fireworks in ultraviolet
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of Arizona, Tucson), and J. Morse (BoldlyGo Institute, New York) Hubble offers a special ...
Spiraling filaments feed young galaxies
New data from the Keck Observatory show gas directly spiraling into growing galaxiesCredit: Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory Galaxies grow ...
Radio telescope ALMA finds earliest example of merging galaxies
Credit: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Researchers using the radio telescope ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) observed signals of oxygen, ...
The 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting has opened its doors
Scientists from 89 countries meet with 39 Nobel Laureates Following the topic cycle, this year's programme is dedicated to physics. ...
Space Weather causes years of radiation damage to satellites using electric propulsion
The use of electric propulsion for raising satellites into geostationary orbit can result in significant solar cell degradation according to ...
Researchers decipher the history of supermassive black holes in the early universe
Credit: Scott Woods, Western University Astrophysicists at Western University have found evidence for the direct formation of black holes that ...
SpaceX launch puts UMass Lowell research into orbit
Instrument aboard DSX satellite to study 'killer electrons' LOWELL, Mass. - An Air Force satellite launched into orbit this week ...
Cosmic cat and mouse: Astronomers capture and tag a fleeting radio burst
Credit: CSIRO/Dr Andrew Howells An Australian-led team of astronomers using the Gemini South telescope in Chile have successfully confirmed the ...
NASA’s TESS mission finds its smallest planet yet
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has confirmed the tiniest planet in its catalog so far -- one of three discovered ...
Old at heart: Solution to red giants’ age paradox
A group of red giants discovered four years ago seems to be old and young at the same time. Scientists ...
The first AI universe sim is fast and accurate — and its creators don’t know how it works
The new model can envision universes with unique parameters, such as extra dark matter, even without receiving training data in ...
ALMA pinpoints the formation site of planet around nearest young star
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tsukagoshi et al. Researchers using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) found a small dust concentration in the ...
Cyanide compounds discovered in meteorites may hold clues to the origin of life
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Cyanide and carbon monoxide are both deadly poisons to humans, but ...
Hubble finds tiny ‘electric soccer balls’ in space, helps solve interstellar mystery
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of electrically-charged molecules in space shaped like soccer ...
SwRI-led team studies binaries to make heads or tails of planet formation
Kuiper Belt object orientations support streaming instability hypothesisCredit: HST/StSci/SwRI/Simon Porter SAN ANTONIO -- June 25, 2019 -- A Southwest Research ...
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