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Using high-resolution spectroscopy, researchers have succeeded in mapping the atmosphere of an exoplanet located 322 light years from Earth. The knowledge gained about the hot gas surrounding the Jupiter-like planet is important for the understanding of Earth-like planets.
Jan 28th, 2022
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Astronomers have presented a new explanation for the mysterious downward-moving dark voids seen in some solar flares.
Jan 27th, 2022
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An international team has developed an alumina short-wavelength absorber patterned with moth eye-like structures. These new anti-reflective structures will improve the performance of telescopes studying radiation from the Big Bang.
Jan 27th, 2022
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A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it's unlike anything astronomers have seen before.
Jan 26th, 2022
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Scientists have recreated some of the harsh environment of interstellar space in the lab and analysed the reaction of astrochemical molecules to these conditions.
Jan 26th, 2022
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Can machine learning be used to uncover the secrets of the quark-gluon plasma? Yes - but only with sophisticated new methods.
Jan 25th, 2022
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The discovery, one of the only confirmed intermediate-mass black holes, lives in an equally rare object known as a low-mass, stripped nucleus.
Jan 24th, 2022
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Liquid water previously detected under Mars' ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet.
Jan 24th, 2022
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The findings could redefine the kinds of particles that were abundant in the early universe.
Jan 24th, 2022
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For the first time, scientists believe they have detected a merger of two black holes with eccentric orbits. This can help explain how some of the black hole mergers detected are much heavier than previously thought possible.
Jan 21st, 2022
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A first-of-its-kind exploding star - thought to have existed only in theory - was recently discovered.
Jan 20th, 2022
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One of the mind-bending ideas that physicists and mathematicians have come up with is that space itself - not just objects in space - can be curved. When space curves (as happens dramatically near a black hole), sizes and directions defy normal intuition. Understanding curved spaces is important to expanding our knowledge of the universe, but it is fiendishly difficult to study curved spaces in a lab setting.
Jan 20th, 2022
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A black hole at the heart of the dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 is creating stars rather than gobbling them up. The black hole is apparently contributing to the firestorm of new star formation taking place in the galaxy.
Jan 19th, 2022
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Scientist set out to prove that the tiny, innermost moon of Saturn was a frozen inert satellite and instead discovered compelling evidence that Mimas has a liquid internal ocean.
Jan 19th, 2022
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The lunar-based camera L-CAM1 will capture images for research in astrophysics, planetary science and planetary defense.
Jan 18th, 2022
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COW and GEP are new types of exploding stars. Researchers have succeeded in explaining the features of a new type of supernova which appears ten to a hundred times brighter at its peak, and with a much faster rise toward the peak compared to an ordinary supernova.
Jan 18th, 2022
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Gas giant planets, such as Jupiter, can form rapidly by incorporating nearby icy bodies made from drifting pebbles born in the outer parts of young planetary systems - all in a period of about 200,000 years. This finding has implications for understanding how habitable planets are created; not just in our solar system, but in others too.
Jan 17th, 2022
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Understanding the solar wind can help scientists predict how it will affect Earth's satellites and astronauts in space.
Jan 15th, 2022
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