Is anything tough enough to survive on Mars?
Scientists recently took a step toward answering a question for the ages: Is there life on Mars? Answer: they can't rule it out.
Mar 2nd, 2017
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Ultracool dwarf and the seven planets
Temperate earth-sized worlds found in extraordinarily rich planetary system.
Feb 22nd, 2017
Read moreTune your radio: Galaxies sing when forming stars
Astronomers found the most precise way ever to measure the rate at which stars form in galaxies using their radio emission at 1-10 Gigahertz frequency range.
Feb 21st, 2017
Read moreMapping the family tree of stars
Astronomers are borrowing principles applied in biology and archaeology to build a family tree of the stars in the galaxy. By studying chemical signatures found in the stars, they are piecing together these evolutionary trees looking at how the stars formed and how they are connected to each other.
Feb 20th, 2017
Read moreExamining exploding stars through the atomic nucleus
Imagine being able to view microscopic aspects of a classical nova, a massive stellar explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star (about as big as Earth), in a laboratory rather than from afar via a telescope.
Feb 20th, 2017
Read moreResearch team finds radial acceleration relation in all common types of galaxies
The distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration in all common types of galaxies.
Feb 17th, 2017
Read moreResearchers pinpoint watery past on Mars
Researchers have discovered a patch of land in an ancient valley on Mars that appears to have been flooded by water in the not-too-distant past. In doing so, they have pinpointed a prime target to begin searching for past life forms on the Red Planet.
Feb 15th, 2017
Read moreThe heart of a far-off star beats for its planet
For the first time, astronomers have observed a star pulsing in response to its orbiting planet.
Feb 14th, 2017
Read moreSelf-made stars
Astronomers observe black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma jets and bubbles.
Feb 14th, 2017
Read moreScientists make huge dataset of nearby stars available to public
Users can search database of 1,600 stars to find signs of new exoplanets.
Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreAncient signals from the early universe
For the first time, theoretical physicists have calculated the signal of specific gravitational wave sources that emerged fractions of a second after the Big Bang.
Feb 10th, 2017
Read moreA bridge of stars connects two dwarf galaxies
The Magellanic Clouds, the two largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, appear to be connected by a bridge stretching across 43,000 light years, according to an international team of astronomers.
Feb 9th, 2017
Read moreA black hole feeding frenzy that breaks records
A giant black hole ripped apart a nearby star and then continued to feed off its remains for close to a decade, according to new research. This black hole meal is more than 10 times longer than any other previous episode of a star's death.
Feb 7th, 2017
Read moreTail of stray black hole hiding in the Milky Way
By analyzing the gas motion of an extraordinarily fast-moving cosmic cloud in a corner of the Milky Way, astronomers found hints of a wandering black hole hidden in the cloud. This result marks the beginning of the search for quiet black holes; millions of such objects are expected to be floating in the Milky Way although only dozens have been found to date.
Feb 2nd, 2017
Read moreFull braking at Alpha Centauri (w/video)
Space travel visionaries solve the problem of interstellar slowdown at our stellar neighbour.
Feb 1st, 2017
Read moreTracing the cosmic web with star-forming galaxies in the distant universe
A research group has revealed a picture of the increasing fraction of massive star-forming galaxies in the distant universe. Massive star-forming galaxies in the distant universe, about 5 billion years ago, trace large-scale structure in the universe. In the nearby universe, about 3 billion years ago, massive star-forming galaxies are not apparent.
Jan 31st, 2017
Read moreStudy reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe
A new study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a vast and complex hologram.
Jan 30th, 2017
Read moreNew space weather model helps simulate magnetic structure of solar storms
A new tool called EEGGL - short for the Eruptive Event Generator (Gibson and Low) and pronounced 'eagle' - helps map out the paths of these magnetically structured clouds, called coronal mass ejections or CMEs, before they reach Earth.
Jan 26th, 2017
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