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How to weigh stars with gravitational lensing

Astronomers predict star approaches with extreme precision for the first time.

July 25, 2018 Read more

Gas 'halos' surrounding young galaxy contain clues to its growth

A team of astronomers has found a new way to unlock the mysteries of how the first galaxies formed and evolved.

July 24, 2018 Read more

Researchers unravel more mysteries of metallic hydrogen

Liquid metallic hydrogen is not present naturally on Earth and has only been created in a handful of places. Scientists are researching the properties of liquid metallic hydrogen to understand how planets both inside and outside our solar system form magnetic shields.

July 23, 2018 Read more

Discovering structure in the outer corona (w/video)

Using advanced algorithms and data-cleaning techniques, scientists discovered never-before-detected, fine-grained structures in the outer corona - the Sun's million-degree atmosphere -- by analyzing images taken by NASA's STEREO spacecraft.

July 18, 2018 Read more

How to fit a planet inside a computer: developing the Energy Exascale Earth system model

Researchers have developed a new simulation to help us learn more about Earth's present and future.

July 13, 2018 Read more

Could gravitational waves reveal how fast our universe is expanding?

Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.

July 12, 2018 Read more

First evidence on the source of extragalactic particles

For the first time ever, scientists have determined the cosmic origin of highest-energy neutrinos.

July 12, 2018 Read more

Hubble and Gaia team up to fuel cosmic conundrum

Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe's expansion rate.

July 12, 2018 Read more

Rocky planet neighbor looks familiar, but is not Earth's twin

Detailed chemical abundances of the Ross 128 help us understand its exoplanet Ross 128 b.

July 10, 2018 Read more

Plasma-spewing quasar shines light on universe's youth, early galaxy formation

Found: Quasar with the brightest radio emission ever observed in the early universe.

July 9, 2018 Read more

Could one of Saturn's moons support life?

The discovery of complex molecules from one of Saturn's moons suggests that it could support life.

July 6, 2018 Read more

The Gaia Sausage: The major collision that changed the Milky Way galaxy

This cosmic crash was a defining event in the early history of the Milky Way and reshaped the structure of our galaxy, fashioning both its inner bulge and its outer halo.

July 5, 2018 Read more

Even phenomenally dense neutron stars fall like a feather

Einstein gets it right again.

July 5, 2018 Read more

Theory of general relativity proven yet again in new research

In a novel test of Einstein's theory of general relativity, an international group of astronomers has demonstrated that the theory holds up, even for a massive three-star system.

July 5, 2018 Read more

Milky Way type dust particles discovered in a galaxy 11 billion light years from Earth

This type of dust has been found to be rare in other galaxies and the new discovery plays an important role in understanding what it takes for this particular type of interstellar dust to be formed.

July 3, 2018 Read more

First confirmed image of newborn planet

Astronomers have captured a spectacular snapshot of planetary formation around the young dwarf star PDS 70.

July 2, 2018 Read more

New data for understanding how heavier elements are made in the Cosmos

Nuclear binding energies of several rare-earth isotopes have been measured for the first time. The experiment provides essential data for understanding how elements heavier than iron are produced in the Cosmos.

July 2, 2018 Read more

Complex organic molecules on Saturn's moon Enceladus

Researchers study ice particles and find macromolecular compounds.

June 28, 2018 Read more