Supernova reserve fuel tank clue to big parents
Some supernovae have a reserve tank of radioactive fuel that cuts in and powers their explosions for three times longer than astronomers had previously thought.
May 18th, 2016
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The secret life of the Orion nebula
The interplay of magnetic fields and gravitation in the gas cloud lead to the birth of new stars.
May 16th, 2016
Read moreAstronomers detect precious element in space
Astronomers have detected a rare gas 4000 light years away from Earth. The discovery, made using the largest antenna of NASA's Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, could help scientists to understand more about the history of this important element.
May 13th, 2016
Read moreFour synchronized planets reveal clues to how planets form (w/video)
The search for planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy has revealed an extraordinary family of planets whose orbits are so carefully timed that they provide long-term stability for their planetary system.
May 12th, 2016
Read moreStudy supports natural causes, not alien activity, to explain mystery star's behavior
Sorry, E.T. lovers, but the results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby's star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a vast shell called a Dyson sphere.
May 9th, 2016
Read moreBright dusty galaxies are hiding secret companions
A new study has cleared the air on what lies behind hot dust visible in the distant universe.
May 6th, 2016
Read moreSecond strongest shock wave found in merging galaxy clusters
The discovery by a physics doctoral student of the second-strongest merger shock in clusters of galaxies ever observed has generated excitement that is opening doors to further scientific exploration.
May 4th, 2016
Read morePlanet Nine: A world that shouldn't exist
Earlier this year scientists presented evidence for Planet Nine, a Neptune-mass planet in an elliptical orbit 10 times farther from our Sun than Pluto. Since then theorists have puzzled over how this planet could end up in such a distant orbit.
May 3rd, 2016
Read moreThree potentially habitable worlds found around nearby ultracool dwarf star
Currently the best place to search for life beyond the solar system.
May 3rd, 2016
Read moreMars: Boiling water could be carving slopes into the planet's surface
Active features observed on the surface of Mars could be the result of liquid water boiling whilst flowing under the low pressure of a thin atmosphere, according to a new study.
May 3rd, 2016
Read morePossible extragalactic source of high-energy neutrinos
Astronomers have shown that a record-breaking neutrino seen around the same time likely was born in the same event.
Apr 29th, 2016
Read moreNearby massive star explosion 30 million years ago equaled detonation of 100 million suns
Analysis of exploding star's light curve and color spectrum reveal spectacular demise of one of the closest supernova to Earth in recent years; its parent star was so big it's radius was 200 times larger than our sun.
Apr 27th, 2016
Read moreMars' surface revealed in unprecedented detail
The surface of Mars has been shown in unprecedented detail by scientists using a revolutionary image stacking and matching technique.
Apr 26th, 2016
Read moreMicroscopic 'timers' reveal likely source of galactic space radiation
Most of the cosmic rays that we detect at Earth originated relatively recently in nearby clusters of massive stars, according to new results from NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft.
Apr 22nd, 2016
Read moreNumerical simulations shed new light on early universe
BURST code probes first minutes after the Big Bang for fundamental insights.
Apr 21st, 2016
Read morePlanetary striptease
Astronomers show that the atmospheres of super-Earths are blown away by radiation from their host stars.
Apr 18th, 2016
Read moreFermi telescope poised to pin down gravitational wave sources (w/video)
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made a tantalizing discovery associated with the first-ever detection of gravitational waves. A burst of X-ray light may have been the flash produced when two black holes collided.
Apr 18th, 2016
Read moreConfirmation of supernova explosion in the neighborhood of our solar system
Approximately two million years ago a star exploded in a supernova close to our solar system: Its traces can still be found today in the form of an iron isotope found on the ocean floor. Now scientists have found increased concentrations of this supernova-iron in lunar samples as well.
Apr 14th, 2016
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