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Researchers report findings that show that the Moon inherited the indigenous noble gases of helium and neon from Earth's mantle. The discovery adds to the already strong constraints on the currently favoured 'Giant Impact' theory that hypothesizes the Moon was formed by a massive collision between Earth and another celestial body.
Aug 11th, 2022
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New Space-BACN effort will enable communication between low orbiting satellites - both with each other and their partners on the ground.
Aug 10th, 2022
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Some cosmological models propose that the universe expands and contracts in infinite cycles, but new research finds a crucial flaw in the latest version of this theory.
Aug 9th, 2022
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Scientists studying planet formation have made the first-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk. What's more, the detection also suggests the presence of a very young exoplanet.
Aug 9th, 2022
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According to the standard model of cosmology, the vast majority of galaxies are surrounded by a halo of dark matter particles. This halo is invisible, but its mass exerts a strong gravitational pull on galaxies in the vicinity. A new study challenges this view of the Universe.
Aug 5th, 2022
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Scientists have published the first detailed study of its kind on metal production on another planet.
Aug 5th, 2022
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Scientists have for the first time recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star. The team also confirmed this flash of light to be one of the most energetic short-duration gamma-ray bursts ever observed.
Aug 3rd, 2022
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The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy's central black hole.
Aug 2nd, 2022
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Ion probe studies and improved stellar nucleosynthesis models are providing new insights into our solar system's stardust.
Aug 2nd, 2022
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New findings offer the tantalizing possibility that the fundamental rules of cosmology may differ when examining the early history of our universe.
Aug 1st, 2022
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A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth. This is the first discovery by a new instrument on the Subaru Telescope and offers a chance to investigate the possibility of life on planets around nearby stars.
Aug 1st, 2022
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Research uses X-ray telescopes and a new data analysis technique to describe space objects.
Jul 26th, 2022
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Researchers analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant universe.
Jul 22nd, 2022
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Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky.
Jul 21st, 2022
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A neural network method machine-learning technique has enabled researchers to develop a very fast and highly efficient software program that can make theoretical predictions about structure formation in the universe.
Jul 21st, 2022
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Astronomers suggest a new way of detecting dim bodies, including planets, orbiting exotic binary stars known as Cataclysmic Variables.
Jul 20th, 2022
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A team of international experts, renowned for debunking several black hole discoveries, have found a stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbour galaxy to our own.
Jul 18th, 2022
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New work looks at using machine learning to decipher the early stages of supernovae explosions by reconstructing the light emitted during the outburst.
Jul 14th, 2022
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