Hot stars are plagued by giant magnetic spots, ESO data shows
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, INAF-Padua/S. Zaggia Astronomers using European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes have discovered giant spots on the surface of ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
2020 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics awarded to Andrew Fabian
Andrew Fabian recognised for his pioneering research into the role of black holes in the "ecosystem" of galaxiesCredit: Sam Fabian ...
Cosmic bursts unveil universe’s missing matter
Credit: ICRAR Astronomers have used mysterious fast radio bursts to solve a decades-old mystery of 'missing matter', long predicted to ...
Astrophysicists capture new class of transient objects
'A new beast is out there,' researcher says of object found in tiny galaxyCredit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF EVANSTON, Ill. -- ...
MAVEN maps electric currents around mars that are fundamental to atmospheric loss
Credit: NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/SVS/Cindy Starr Five years after NASA's MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has ...
Astronomers see ‘cosmic ring of fire,’ 11 billion years ago
Unusual galaxy set to prompt rethink on how structures in the universe formCredit: James Josephides, Swinburne Astronomy Productions Astronomers have ...
DESI team prepares for telescope instrument’s restart after unexpected shutdown
Before COVID-19 hit US, project was on track to begin its 3D map of the universe this summerCredit: Marilyn Sargent, ...
ALMA spots twinkling heart of milky way
Credit: Keio University Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of ...
New gravitational-wave model can bring neutron stars into even sharper focus
Credit: University of Birmingham Gravitational-wave researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new model that promises to yield ...
ESO telescope sees signs of planet birth
The twist marks the spotCredit: ESO/Boccaletti et al. Observations made with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) ...
Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green, say scientists
Credit: Sarah Vincent Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface ...
Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASA
Credit: Image courtesy of NASA To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space ...
NRL conducts first test of solar power satellite hardware in orbit
Credit: Image Courtesy of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency ...
Mars: Where mud flows like lava
Credit: © Bro et al./Nature Geoscience The surface of the planet Mars bears probable traces of 'sedimentary volcanism', a geological ...
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