A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator
Evidence of very high-energy gamma radiation from Eta CarinaeCredit: Illustration: DESY, Science Communication Lab With a specialised telescope in Namibia ...
Tag: Stars/The Sun
NRL telescope onboard ESA, NASA SOHO discovers 4000th comet
Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO/Karl Battams WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument identified the 4000th comet ...
Rogue’s gallery of dusty star systems reveals exoplanet nurseries
Systematic survey of 104 nearby stars turns up 25 dust disks with evidence of planetsCredit: UC Berkeley image by Thomas ...
Exotic mixtures
X-ray scattering enables closer scrutiny of the interior of planets and starsCredit: HZDR / Sahneweiß Recreating extreme conditions in the ...
Hubble provides holistic view of stars gone haywire
Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Kastner (RIT) As nuclear fusion engines, most stars live placid lives for hundreds of millions ...
KU Leuven researchers shed new light on solar flares
Credit: © KU Leuven - Wenzhi Ruan Plasma astrophysicists at KU Leuven have created the first self-consistent simulation of the ...
NASA’s IBEX charts 11 years of change at boundary to interstellar space
Results show the shifting outer heliosphere in great detailCredit: Credits: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/Conceptual Imaging Lab Far, far beyond the ...
As many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimates
There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky way Galaxy, according ...
Why pulsars shine bright: A half-century-old mystery solved
Intense radio emissions produced by the fast-spinning stars are caused by newborn particles interacting with powerful electromagnetic fields, new plasma ...
Scientists carry out first space-based measurement of neutron lifetime
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from ...
A method has been developed to study the ‘traces’ of coronal mass ejections at the Sun.
Credit: STEREO/EUVI Scientists at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (skoltech), together with colleagues from the Karl-Franzens University of Graz ...
New ‘sun clock’ quantifies extreme space weather switch on/off
200 years of sunspot observations used by University of Warwick researchers to create 'sun clock'Credit: University of Warwick Extreme space ...
Tower extension test a success for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Credit: Northrop Grumman To test the James Webb Space Telescope's readiness for its journey in space, technicians successfully commanded it ...
Presence of airborne dust could signify increased habitability of distant planets
Credit: Denis Sergeev/ University of Exeter Scientists have expanded our understanding of potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars by including ...
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