Tag: Space/Planetary Science

January 25, 2021

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

January 25, 2021

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

January 22, 2021

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

January 22, 2021

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 ...

NAS honors Heino Falcke and Sheperd Doeleman with Henry Draper Medal

American National Academy of Sciences honours Heino Falcke and Sheperd Doeleman with the Henry Draper MedalCredit: National Academy of Sciences ...

Much of Earth’s nitrogen was locally sourced

Rice-led study shows two distinct origins of life-essential element in present-day planetCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech HOUSTON - (Jan. 21, 2021) - Where ...

Astrophysicist Sheperd Doeleman awarded National Academy of Sciences Henry Draper Medal

The prestigious award recognizes Doeleman's work in realizing the first image of a supermassive black hole.Credit: Center for Astrophysics | ...

Brazilian dam collapse could have been predicted with right monitoring technology

Credit: Google Earth One of Brazil's worst environmental disasters - a dam collapse that also killed more than 200 people ...

NASA explores solar wind with new view of small sun structures

Credit: NASA/SDO/Uritsky, et al. Scientists have combined NASA data and cutting-edge image processing to gain new insight into the solar ...

Astronomers dissect the anatomy of planetary nebulae using Hubble Space Telescope images

Researchers from RIT and Green Bank Observatory shed new light on nebula formation processesCredit: STScI, Alyssa Pagan Images of two ...

Solar activity reconstructed over a millennium

Credit: ETH Zürich What goes on in the sun can only be observed indirectly. Sunspots, for instance, reveal the degree ...

Cosmic beasts and where to find them