Tag: Stars/The Sun

Credit: NASA Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists aren't sure just how ...

Tracing evolution from embryo to baby starCredit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tokuda et al., ESA/Herschel Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...

Credit: LASP Every night on Mars, when the sun sets and temperatures fall to minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit and below, ...

Credit: Opher, et al. Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system ...

Unprecedented observations shine light on a compact star's final momentsCredit: Aaron M. Geller, Northwestern University IT Called "calcium-rich supernovae," these ...

Calcium-rich supernovae, a unique type of exploding stars, produce up to half of the calcium in the UniverseCredit: A. M. ...

Small telescope and inexpensive diffuser key to resultsCredit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Pollard New detailed observations with NSF's NOIRLab facilities reveal a young ...

Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC) All the chemical elements in the universe, except for hydrogen and most of the ...

Credit: Adapted from figure 4 in "Accretion-induced prompt black hole formation in asymmetric neutron star mergers, dynamical ejecta and kilonova ...

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Huang and S. Andrews; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello Planet-forming environments can be much more complex and chaotic ...

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO Using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, scientists have developed a new ...

New insight to inform future NASA missionsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Our solar system has one habitable planet -- Earth. A new study ...

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton Two teams of astronomers have made a compelling case in the 33-year-old mystery surrounding Supernova 1987A. ...

Credit: Photo: Zhaohui Shang Have you ever wondered why stars twinkle? It's because turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere makes light ...