Unique prediction of ‘modified gravity’ challenges dark matter
Team of international collaborators detect 'external field effect,' a prediction unique to MOND, rival dark matter hypothesisCredit: Creative Commons An ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
A pair of lonely planet-like objects born like stars
Credit: © University of Bern, Illustration: Thibaut Roger Star-forming processes sometimes create mysterious astronomical objects called brown dwarfs, which are ...
Most-distant galaxy helps elucidate the early universe
Improving our understanding of the most-distant known astrophysical objectCredit: Illustration is courtesy of Jingchuan Yu. Pasadena, CA-- New work from ...
Graduate student’s BADASS code has astronomical benefits
Open-source code developed at UC Riverside is free, versatile, and easy to useCredit: Remington Sexton, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
NASA-UT Hypersonics Project aims to transform sensing for high-speed vehicles
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research ...
UMBC researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy
New study determines that black holes discharge the energy in their plasma jets much farther away from the black hole's ...
Device mimics life’s first steps in outer space
Called VENUS, the device will give scientists an unprecedented ability to study how molecules form in the icy clouds of ...
The farthest galaxy in the universe
Chemical signatures give away the distance to the most distant galaxyCredit: © Kashikawa et al. A team of astronomers used ...
Researchers use origami to solve space travel challenge
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- WSU researchers have used the ancient Japanese art of paper folding to possibly solve a ...
One’s trash, another’s treasure: fertilizer made from urine could enable space agriculture
Researchers at Tokyo University of Science devise a new electrochemical technology to manufacture ammonia-based fertilizer from ureaCredit: Freepik In extreme ...
First presentation after Hayabusa2 mission return set for SPIE conference 14 December
Details of the successful mission will be discussed during the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation Digital ForumCredit: JAXA. BELLINGHAM, Washington, ...
Exoplanet around distant star resembles reputed ‘Planet Nine’ in our solar system
Astronomers confirm bound orbit for planet far from its star, showing that far-flung planets existCredit: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble) ...
Gamers pave the way for million dollar grant for telescope ‘brain’ upgrade
A new $1 million Federal Government grant to Curtin University will enable a major upgrade to the Murchison Widefield Array ...
Breakthrough in nuclear physics
High-precision measurements of the strong interaction between stable and unstable particlesCredit: Daniel Dominguez / CERN The positively charged protons in ...
Study confirms dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity
Credit: NAOJ Observations conducted by the Murikabushi Telescope of Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory confirmed that dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity ...
Using Earth’s history to inform the search for life on exoplanets
UC Riverside-led team looks back to find life beyondCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech UC Riverside is leading one of the NASA Astrobiology Program's ...
Key building block for organic molecules discovered in meteorites
Credit: Daniel P. Glavin Scientists from Japan and the USA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic ...
Hubble captures unprecedented fading of Stingray nebula
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad ...
Hubble captures fading of the stingray nebula
Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de ...
Leaving so soon? Unusual planetary nebula fades mere decades after it arrived
Credit: NASA/ESA/Bruce Balick/Martín Guerrero/Gerardo Ramos-Larios Stars are rather patient. They can live for billions of years, and they typically make ...
