Physicists capture the sound of a “perfect” fluid
The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
Scientists peer into the 3D structure of the Milky Way
Survey of the sky pushes the boundaries of what we know about the structure of our galaxyCredit: Cardiff University Scientists ...
Gaia: astronomers to release most accurate data ever for nearly two billion stars
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC On 3 December an international team of astronomers will announce the most detailed ever catalogue of the stars ...
Voyager spacecraft detect new type of solar electron burst
Physicists report accelerated electrons linked with cosmic raysCredit: NASA/JPL More than 40 years since they launched, the Voyager spacecraft are ...
Researchers validate theory that neutrinos shape the universe
Credit: Kavli IPMU The effect that nearly massless, subatomic particles called neutrinos have on the formation of galaxies has long ...
Research suggests our galaxy’s brightest gamma-ray binary system may be powered by a magnetar star
Credit: Kavli IPMU A team of researchers led by members of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of ...
A hint of new physics in polarized radiation from the early universe
Credit: Y. Minami / KEK Using Planck data from the cosmic microwave background radiation, an international team of researchers has ...
Scientists solve big limitation of stratospheric balloon payloads
How do you cool a large telescope to absolute zero while flying it from a huge balloon at 130,000 feet?Credit: ...
Laboratory experiments unravelling the mystery of the Mars moon Phobos
What causes the weathering of the Mars moon Phobos? Results from TU Wien give new insights, soon a spacecraft will ...
Sun model completely confirmed for the first time
Borexino detector succeeds in measuring the sun's CNO fusion cycleCredit: Borexino Collaboration After the scientists of the Borexino experiment succeeded ...
New Hubble data explains missing dark matter
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides ...
Killer electrons in strumming sky lights
Credit: PsA project Computer simulations explain how electrons with wide-ranging energies rain into Earth's upper and middle atmosphere during a ...
Earth faster, closer to black hole in new map of galaxy
Credit: NAOJ Earth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the ...
Astronomical instrument hunts for ancient metal
A new study looks at quasars to explore the origin of the iron in your bloodCredit: © 2020 European Southern ...
Fast-moving gas flowing away from young star caused by icy comet vaporisation
Credit: Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge A unique stage of planetary system evolution has been imaged by astronomers, showing ...
Scientists claim controversial results of comets observations are consistent
Opposite data sets only benefit the researchersCredit: FEFU press office Astrophysicists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) joined the international ...
Neutrinos yield first experimental evidence of catalyzed fusion dominant in many stars
The CNO energy-production mechanism in the universe is detectedCredit: Borexino Collaboration AMHERST, Mass. - An international team of about 100 ...
Russian scientists improve 3D printing technology for aerospace composites using oil waste
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientists from NUST MISIS have improved the technology of 3D printing from aluminum, having achieved an ...
Linda Schweizer tells the story of Palomar observatory in ‘Cosmic Odyssey’
New MIT Press looks at how intrepid astronomers at Palomar observatory changed our view of the universeCredit: Brianna Schweizer, 2020. ...
Galaxy encounter violently disturbed Milky Way, study finds
The long-held belief that the Milky Way, the galaxy containing Earth and the solar system, is relatively static has been ...
