Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomena
Credit: NASA/Goddard/SORCE For 400 years people have tracked sunspots, the dark patches that appear for weeks at a time on ...
Tag: Space/Planetary Science
UMD-led study captures six galaxies undergoing sudden, dramatic transitions
Zwicky Transient Facility observations reveal surprising transformations from sleepy LINER galaxies to blazing quasars within monthsCredit: (Left; infrared & visible ...
New SwRI study argues that Saturn’s rings are actually not young
Research of Cassini data suggests icy rings are as old as the solar system itselfCredit: NASA SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. ...
Artificial intelligence probes dark matter in the universe
Credit: ETH Zurich Understanding the how our universe came to be what it is today and what will be its ...
From primordial black holes new clues to dark matter
Studying the interactions between light and gas in intergalactic space, SISSA scientists are trying to unravel the composition of the ...
KATRIN cuts the mass estimate for the elusive neutrino in half
Credit: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology An international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in its quest to measure the ...
WVU astronomers help detect the most massive neutron star ever measured
Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF) West Virginia University researchers have helped discover the most massive neutron star to date, a breakthrough ...
The stellar nurseries of distant galaxies
An international team headed by UNIGE has discovered that the properties of molecular clouds, and the number of stars they ...
VISTA unveils a new image of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: ESO/VMC Survey The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is one of our nearest galactic neighbors, at only 163 000 ...
Gemini observatory captures multicolor image of first-ever interstellar comet
Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini Observatory in ...
New space discovery sheds light on how planets form
A young planet and a bright star offer glimpses into the past and futureCredit: Elisabeth Newton HANOVER, N.H. - July ...
Found: Fastest eclipsing binary, a valuable target for gravitational wave studies
Credit: Caltech/IPAC Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at the 2.1-meter (84-inch) telescope at the National Science ...
A peek at the birth of the universe
University researchers publish study on new telescopeCredit: Photo: South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is ...
Three Mars rovers set to blast off in 2020
Since ancient times, the Red Planet has captured the imaginations of scientists, writers and the general public. In July 2020, ...