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The implications of cosmic silence

A mathematician argues that species go extinct soon after harnessing technology.

August 11, 2017 Read more

Lunar dynamo's lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years

Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon's ancient churning, molten core.

August 11, 2017 Read more

Galactic winds push researchers to probe galaxies at unprecedented scale (w/video)

To better understand how galactic wind affects star formation in galaxies, researchers turned to high-performance computing.

August 10, 2017 Read more

The sun's core rotates four times faster than its surface - here's why it matters

A team of astronomers have discovered that the core of our sun rotates about four times faster than the surface. It's in the middle of our solar system, on our cosmic doorstep, so how could we have missed that before? And why is it important?

August 10, 2017 Read more

The mystery of the pulsating blue stars

Astronomers discover new class of variable dwarf star.

August 9, 2017 Read more

New theory on the origin of dark matter

This new model proposes an alternative to the WIMP paradigm that is the subject of various experiments in current research.

August 8, 2017 Read more

Primordial black holes may have helped to forge heavy elements

Researchers offer another means by which stars could have produced heavy elements: tiny black holes that came into contact with and are captured by neutron stars, and then destroy them.

August 4, 2017 Read more

Standard model of the universe withstands most precise test by Dark Energy Survey

Astrophysicists made crucial contributions to the galaxy survey, showing that the universe clumps and expands as predicted by our best cosmological models.

August 3, 2017 Read more

New clue to solving the mystery of the sun's hot atmosphere

The elemental composition of the Sun's hot atmosphere known as the corona is strongly linked to the 11-year solar magnetic activity cycle, a team of scientists has revealed for the first time.

August 3, 2017 Read more

Hubble detects exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere

Scientists have found the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on an enormous planet outside our solar system, with an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron.

August 3, 2017 Read more

Running out of gas: Gas loss puts breaks on stellar baby boom

The stellar birthrate peaked around 10 billion years ago, and has declined steadily since then. However, the cause of the declining stellar birthrate is still not well understood.

August 2, 2017 Read more

Moon of Saturn has chemical that could form 'membranes' (w/video)

Scientists have definitively detected the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, a place that has long intrigued scientists investigating the chemical precursors of life.

July 28, 2017 Read more

Astrophysicists map out the light energy contained within the Milky Way

For the first time, a team of scientists have calculated the distribution of all light energy contained within the Milky Way, which will provide new insight into the make-up of our galaxy and how stars in spiral galaxies such as ours form.

July 28, 2017 Read more

Cosmologists produce new maps of dark matter dynamics

New maps of dark matter dynamics in the Universe have been produced by a team of international cosmologists.

July 25, 2017 Read more

Booze in space: how the universe is absolutely drowning in the hard stuff

The universe is awash with alcohol. In the gas that occupies the space between the stars, the hard stuff is almost all-pervasive. What is it doing there? Is it time to send out some big rockets to start collecting it?

July 24, 2017 Read more

Flashes of light on the dark matter

A web that passes through infinite intergalactic spaces, a dense cosmic forest illuminated by very distant lights and a huge enigma to solve. These are the picturesque ingredients of a scientific research that adds an important element for understanding one of the fundamental components of our Universe: the dark matter.

July 21, 2017 Read more

How do you work out if a signal from space is a message from aliens?

How do you work out if a strange signal from space really is a message from aliens? The simple answer is that you have to rule out everything else first and only then can you think it may be aliens.

July 18, 2017 Read more

How giant atoms may help catch gravitational waves from the Big Bang

A research group in the UK thinks that atoms may have an edge in detecting elusive, high-frequency gravitational waves.

July 17, 2017 Read more