How black holes power plasma jets
New simulations reveal how interactions between magnetic fields and particles sap a black hole's energy.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Concrete in space
Investigating cement solidification in a microgravity environment.
Jan 28th, 2019
Read moreScientists observe a new form of strange matter
In a discovery that could provide new insights into the origin of mass in the universe following the Big Bang, scientists have used experiments with kaons and helium-3 to experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, the existence of an exotic nucleus containing two protons and a bound kaon.
Jan 28th, 2019
Read moreStellar winds, the source material for the universe, are clumpy
Data recorded by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory of a neutron star as it passed through a dense patch of stellar wind emanating from its massive companion star provide valuable insight about the structure and composition of stellar winds.
Jan 24th, 2019
Read moreMaking the Hubble's deepest images even deeper
It has taken researchers almost three years to produce the deepest image of the Universe ever taken from space, by recovering a large quantity of 'lost' light around the largest galaxies in the HUDF.
Jan 24th, 2019
Read moreAstronomers find star material could be building block of life
An organic molecule detected in the material from which a star forms could shed light on how life emerged on Earth.
Jan 23rd, 2019
Read moreLifting the veil on the black hole at the heart of our Galaxy
Including the powerful ALMA into an array of telescopes for the first time, astronomers have found that the emission from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of our Galaxy comes from a smaller region than previously thought.
Jan 21st, 2019
Read moreMystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by 'Planet Nine'
The strange orbits of some objects in the farthest reaches of our solar system, hypothesised by some astronomers to be shaped by an unknown ninth planet, can instead be explained by the combined gravitational force of small objects orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune, say researchers.
Jan 21st, 2019
Read moreFrom emergence to eruption: Comprehensive model captures life of a solar flare
A team of scientists has, for the first time, used a single, cohesive computer model to simulate the entire life cycle of a solar flare: from the buildup of energy thousands of kilometers below the solar surface, to the emergence of tangled magnetic field lines, to the explosive release of energy in a brilliant flash.
Jan 16th, 2019
Read moreHigh-speed supernova reveals earliest moments of a dying star
Researchers have found evidence for the existence of a 'hot cocoon' of material enveloping a relativistic jet escaping a dying star.
Jan 16th, 2019
Read moreNew quantum structures in super-chilled helium may mirror early days of universe
Experimental proof of a decades-old prediction opens a pathway to recreate possible conditions of the early universe here on earth.
Jan 16th, 2019
Read morePOLAR experiment reveals orderly chaos of black holes
An international consortium of scientists studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) as part of the POLAR (GRB polarimeter) experiment has revealed that high-energy photon emissions from black holes are neither completely chaotic nor completely organized, but a mixture.
Jan 15th, 2019
Read moreMeasurement of five flashes from the depths of the universe
Analysis revealed that the light of five gamma-ray bursts has a low degree of polarisation. Thus theories about gamma-ray bursts that assume a high degree of polarisation can now be regarded less likely correct.
Jan 14th, 2019
Read moreBig Bang query: Mapping how a mysterious liquid became all matter
New findings test the limits of quark-gluon plasma.
Jan 14th, 2019
Read moreBirth of a black hole or neutron star captured for first time
Mysteriously bright glow of this summer's 'Cow' event gained international interest.
Jan 11th, 2019
Read moreA giant interstellar bubble being blown in the Andromeda Galaxy
An international team of astrophysicists have discovered that a remarkable star has been continuously erupting, on an annual basis, for millions of years.
Jan 10th, 2019
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