How stony-iron meteorites form
SAPHiR multi-anvil press solves mystery of the solar systemCredit: Dr. Nicolas P. Walte / TUM Meteorites give us insight into ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
Discovered: Remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind”
'Stellar archaeology' reveals a star stream composed of the remnants of an ancient globular cluster that was torn apart by ...
Astronomers pinpoint the best place on Earth for a telescope: High on a frigid Antarctic plateau
Credit: Zhaohui Shang au, could offer the clearest view on Earth of the stars at night, according to new research ...
NYUAD astrophysicist investigates the possibility of life below the surface of Mars
Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi A rover expected to explore below the surface of Mars in 2022 has the potential to ...
X-rays recount origin of oddball meteorites
Berkeley Lab scientists contribute to study exploring magnetization preserved for billions of years in meteorite samplesCredit: Carl Agee/Institute of Meteoritics, ...
Hubble sees summertime on Saturn
Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL Team Saturn ...
Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode
Event also could give insight into dark energy and the creation of ironCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- For just ...
First ever image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star captured by ESO telescope
Credit: ESO/Bohn et al. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) has taken the first ever image of ...
The Venus ‘ring of fire’
Credit: Picture: NASA/JPL/USGS Years ago, planetary researchers discovered unusual circular structures on the surface of Venus when observing high-?resolution images ...
Study reveals composition of ‘gel-like’ substance discovered by Chang’e-4 rover on moon’s far side
Credit: CNSA, CLEP, and AIR The unusual dark greenish and glistening "gel-like" substance in a crater on the far side ...
SLAC’s upgraded X-ray laser facility produces first light
Marking the beginning of the LCLS-II era, the first phase of the major upgrade comes onlineCredit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ...
Plato was right. Earth is made, on average, of cubes
The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers foundCredit: Courtesy of Gablor Domokos and Douglas Jerolmack Plato, the Greek ...
Separating gamma-ray bursts: Students make critical breakthrough
Credit: Johann Bock Severin, Christian Kragh Jespersen and Jonas Vinther By applying a machine-learning algorithm, scientists at the Niels Bohr ...
ESA/NASA’s solar orbiter returns first data, snaps closest pictures of the sun
Credit: Credits: Solar Orbiter/EUI Team (ESA & NASA); CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL The first images from ESA/NASA's Solar ...
How galaxies die: New insights into the quenching of star formation
A simple model explains a wide range of observations by describing the contest between galaxy halos and their central black ...
UC3M coordinates a European innovation and entrepreneurship project in the space sector
Credit: Go2Space-HUBs Go2Space-HUBs is a European project within the framework of Horizon 2020, led by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ...
Subaru Telescope and New Horizons explore the outer solar system
Credit: NAOJ Collaborative observations with NASA's New Horizons mission have been ongoing at the Subaru Telescope since May 2020. Hyper ...
Maunakea Observatories’ quick reflexes capture fleeting flash
The International Gemini Observatory and W. M. Keck Observatory catch short gamma-ray burst within hoursCredit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Paterson & ...
Short gamma ray burst leaves most-distant optical afterglow ever detected
Rare event occurred 10 billion lightyears away, 3.8 billion years after the Big BangCredit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Paterson & W. ...
Astrophysicists suggest carbon found in comet ATLAS help to reveal age of other comets
Credit: Martin Gembec Astrophysicists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Russia), South Korea, and the USA appear in Monthly Notices ...
