Ripples in the cosmic web
A team of astronomers has made the first measurements of small-scale ripples in primeval hydrogen gas using rare double quasars.
Apr 27th, 2017
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A team of astronomers has made the first measurements of small-scale ripples in primeval hydrogen gas using rare double quasars.
Apr 27th, 2017
Read moreExplorers planning to settle on Mars might be able to turn the planet's red soil into bricks without needing to use an oven or additional ingredients. Instead, they would just need to apply pressure to compact the soil - the equivalent of a blow from a hammer.
Apr 27th, 2017
Read moreScientists propose that a universal mechanism can explain the whole spectrum of solar eruptions. They used 3-D computer simulations to demonstrate that a variety of eruptions can theoretically be thought of as the same kind of event, only in different sizes and manifested in different ways.
Apr 26th, 2017
Read moreNew surveys of the Milky Way found no aging trend for the element silicon, a fundamental building block of rocks throughout our solar system. This 'ageless' appearance may mean that the Milky Way is more efficient at mixing its contents than previously thought, thereby masking the telltale signs of chemical aging.
Apr 26th, 2017
Read moreNew data from NASA's Cassini mission, combined with measurements from the two Voyager spacecraft and the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, suggests that our sun and planets are surrounded by a giant, rounded system of magnetic field from the sun - calling into question the alternate view of the solar magnetic fields trailing behind the sun in the shape of a long comet tail.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreA team of scientists has found new ways to detect a bare or naked singularity, the most extreme object in the universe.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreLensed supernova will give insight into the expansion of the universe.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreTransiting rocky super-Earth found in habitable zone of quiet red dwarf star.
Apr 19th, 2017
Read moreViolent winds, shock waves from impacts pose greatest threat to humans.
Apr 19th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have developed a new methodology to calculate theoretical spectra for atoms and molecules in strong magnetic fields exhibited by up to one-fifth of white dwarfs.
Apr 19th, 2017
Read moreAstronomers find missing mass in the hydrogen halo that surrounds our home galaxy.
Apr 18th, 2017
Read moreNew research could shed light on the distribution of one of the most mysterious substances in the universe.
Apr 17th, 2017
Read morePlanetary mission offers up-close view of Cosmic Optical Background.
Apr 11th, 2017
Read moreMassive gouts of x-rays may arise from an unusual conjunction between a neutron star and the disk of matter around its companion.
Apr 7th, 2017
Read moreAstronomers have detected an atmosphere around the super-Earth planet GJ 1132b. This marks the first detection of an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet other than Earth itself, and thus is a significant step on the path towards the detection of life outside our Solar System.
Apr 6th, 2017
Read moreAstrophysicists have made progress in understanding a key mystery of gravitational-wave astrophysics: how two black holes can come together and merge.
Apr 5th, 2017
Read moreIRAM's 30-metre dish is part of the Event Horizon Telescope which is looking into the centre of the Milky Way.
Mar 31st, 2017
Read moreA mysterious flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained. This source likely comes from some sort of destructive event, but it may be of a variety that scientists have never seen before.
Mar 31st, 2017
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