Cosmic rays help supernovae explosions pack a bigger punch
Credit: Credit: F. Rodríguez Montero. The final stage of cataclysmic explosions of dying massive stars, called supernovae, could pack an ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
A bug’s life: Millimeter-tall mountains on neutron stars
Credit: ESO / L. Calçada New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of ...
Researchers reveal cause of Jupiter’s x-ray aurorae
Credit: YAO Zhonghua's group An international research team led by YAO Zhonghua from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of ...
Galactic fireworks: New ESO images reveal stunning features of nearby galaxies
Credit: ESO/PHANGS A team of astronomers has released new observations of nearby galaxies that resemble colourful cosmic fireworks. The images, ...
A star in a distant galaxy blew up in a powerful explosion, solving an astronomical mystery
Giant explosion in space illuminates thousand-year mysteryCredit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory Dr. Iair Arcavi, a Tel Aviv University researcher ...
Jets pose many riddles
Credit: (Image collage: Matthias Kadler (JMU); based on individual images by C. Fromm (JMU), A. Baczko (MPIfR), R. Perley and ...
Physicists describe sun’s electric field
Credit: Jasper Halekas lab, University of Iowa As the Parker Solar Probe ventures closer to the sun, we are learning ...
Galactic gamma ray bursts predicted last year show up right on schedule
Sherlock Holmes story gives clue to successful prediction of bursts from nearby magnetarCredit: Mikhail Denissenya, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Magnetars are ...
Teardrop star reveals hidden supernova doom
International team led by University of Warwick makes rare sighting of a binary star system heading towards supernovaCredit: University of ...
Danish student solves how the Universe is reflected near black holes
Credit: credit: interstellar.wiki/CC BY-NC License. In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may ...
SwRI’s Bolton receives NSS Space Pioneer Award
National Space Society recognizes accomplishments in opening the space frontierCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- July 12, 2021 -- ...
LHAASO’s measurement of Crab Nebula brightness yields new UHE gamma-ray standard
Credit: Image by Institute of High Energy Physics The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), one of China's key ...
New radio receiver opens wider window to radio universe
Credit: Osaka Prefecture University/NAOJ Researchers have used the latest wireless technology to develop a new radio receiver for astronomy. The ...
Q-CTRL awarded $3.5 million grant from Australian government for space-based quantum sensors
Company to expand the development and manufacture of advanced sensors for climate data monitoring, mining, defense applications and moreCredit: Q-CTRL ...
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