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A new study appears to show that for the first time another material - a form of clay called smectites - is being attributed to the bright radar reflections that many scientists have for years believed to be water.
Aug 4th, 2021
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Researchers explore the possibility of launching rockets using a high-power beam of microwave radiation.
Aug 3rd, 2021
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Light cannot escape from a black hole, but for the first time ever, researchers have observed light from behind a black hole - a scenario that was predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity but never confirmed, until now.
Jul 29th, 2021
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Scientists have published a new, detailed radio image of the Andromeda galaxy - the Milky Way's sister galaxy - which will allow them to identify and study the regions of Andromeda where new stars are born.
Jul 28th, 2021
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Supernova explosions are sustained by neutrinos from neutron stars, a new observation suggests.
Jul 28th, 2021
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Black holes, detected by their gravitational wave signal as they collide with other black holes, could be the product of much earlier parent collisions. Such an event has only been hinted at so far, but scientists believe we are getting close to tracking down the first of these so-called hierarchical black holes.
Jul 27th, 2021
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For the first time, astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This water vapor forms when ice from the moon's surface sublimates - that is, turns from solid to gas.
Jul 26th, 2021
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Space-based infrared imaging reveals the nighttime weather on Venus.
Jul 23rd, 2021
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Astronomers have unambiguously detected the presence of a disc around a planet outside our Solar System for the first time. The observations will shed new light on how moons and planets form in young stellar systems.
Jul 22nd, 2021
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Researchers will take stock of the dust in the debris disk surrounding the nearby star Beta Pictoris.
Jul 21st, 2021
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The experiment, dubbed Gravitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology, uses the moon's environment and geocentric orbit to analyze mergers of black holes, neuron stars and dark matter candidates within almost 70 percent of the entire observable volume of the universe.
Jul 21st, 2021
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How negatively charged molecules are created in interstellar environments.
Jul 21st, 2021
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Scientists are trying to answer the question, what is the origin of elements in the universe? The answer is extremely complex. It requires a collaborative effort by researchers in many fields and an enormous amount of experimental data.
Jul 20th, 2021
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New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of millimetres high, due to the huge gravity on the ultra-dense objects.
Jul 19th, 2021
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A team of astronomers has released new observations of nearby galaxies that resemble colourful cosmic fireworks. The images show different components of the galaxies in distinct colours, allowing astronomers to pinpoint the locations of young stars and the gas they warm up around them.
Jul 16th, 2021
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At an exoplanet 300 light-years away, the first measurement of carbon-13 succeeds.
Jul 16th, 2021
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Physicists report the first definitive measurements of the sun's electric field, and how the electric field interacts with the solar wind, the fast-flowing current of charged particles that can affect activities on Earth, from satellites to telecommunications.
Jul 14th, 2021
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Traces of the gas phosphine point to volcanic activity on Venus, according to new research.
Jul 13th, 2021
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