Rare blast’s remains discovered in Milky Way’s center
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Nanjing Univ./P. Zhou et al. Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA Astronomers may have found our galaxy's first example of an unusual ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
Study of supergiant star Betelgeuse unveils the cause of its pulsations
Recalibrated its mass, radius, and distanceCredit: ESO/M. Montargès et al. Betelgeuse is normally one of the brightest, most recognizable stars ...
Student astronomer finds galactic missing matter
Distant galaxies used as 'locator pins' to detect 'invisible' cold clump of gasCredit: Mark Myers/OzGrav Astronomers have for the first ...
Emirates mission to reach Mars on Feb. 9 with instrument by NAU planetary scientist
EMIRS will provide a unique view of the lower and middle atmosphere of the planet, measuring the distribution of dust ...
An innovative and non-destructive strategy to analyse material from Mars
The IBeA research group of the University of the Basque Country has proposed a method that can be used to ...
At cosmic noon, puffy galaxies make stars for longer
Galaxies with extended disks maintain productivity, research revealsCredit: TNG Collaboration Massive galaxies with extra-large extended "puffy" disks produced stars for ...
How do electrons close to Earth reach almost the speed of light?
New study found that electrons can reach ultra-relativistic energies for very special conditions in the magnetosphere when space is devoid ...
Astronomers spot bizarre activity from one of the strongest magnets in the Universe
Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav. Astronomers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) and CSIRO have just ...
Backreaction observed for first time in water tank black hole simulation
Credit: University of Nottingham Scientists have revealed new insights into the behaviour of black holes with research that demonstrates how ...
Thick lithosphere casts doubt on plate tectonics in Venus’s geologically recent past
Credit: NASA PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At some point between 300 million and 1 billion years ago, a large cosmic object ...
High schoolers discover four exoplanets through Harvard and Smithsonian mentorship program
The high schoolers turned scientists published their findings this week, thanks to a research mentorship program at the Center for ...
Purported phosphine on Venus more likely to be ordinary sulfur dioxide, new study shows
An image of Venus compiled using data from the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974. In September, a team led by ...
Compelling evidence of neutrino process opens physics possibilities
Credit: Rex Tayloe/Indiana University The COHERENT particle physics experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has firmly ...
CHEOPS finds unique planetary system
Credit: © ESO Musical notes that sound pleasant together can form a harmony. These notes are usually in a special ...
New galaxy sheds light on how stars form
Detailed observations of molecular gas in a tidal dwarf galaxy have important implications for our understanding of how stars are ...
Puzzling six-exoplanet system with rhythmic movement challenges theories of how planets form
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO's VLT), ...
The seven rocky planets of TRAPPIST-1 seem to have very similar compositions
Precise measurements reveal that the exoplanets of the system discovered by ULiège researchers have remarkably similar densities, which provides new ...
Record-breaking laser link could help us test whether Einstein was right
Credit: ICRAR Scientists from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and The University of Western Australia (UWA) have set a ...
Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet
This marks the second time astronomers have ever observed a cloud-free exoplanetCredit: M. Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian ...
NASA mission to test technology for satellite swarms
Carnegie Mellon's Zac Manchester leads three-satellite experimentCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--A NASA mission slated for launch on Friday will place ...
