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Magnetic memories of a metal world
Research deciphering the hidden magnetic messages encoded in a rare group of meteorites has helped secure nearly half a billion dollars of NASA funding for a journey to their parent asteroid.
June 22, 2017 Read more
The curious case of the warped Kuiper Belt
The plane of the solar system is warped in the outer reaches of the Kuiper Belt, signaling the presence of an unknown Mars-to-Earth-mass planetary object far beyond Pluto.
June 22, 2017 Read more
Hubble captures massive dead disk galaxy that challenges theories of galaxy evolution
By combining the power of a 'natural lens' in space with the capability of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers made a surprising discovery - the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, disk-shaped galaxy that stopped making stars only a few billion years after the big bang.
June 21, 2017 Read more
Our expanding universe: Delving into dark energy
Space is expanding ever more rapidly and scientists are researching dark energy to understand why.
June 21, 2017 Read more
New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered
In a new study, researchers have classified exoplanets in much the same way that biologists identify new animal species.
June 19, 2017 Read more
Radio astronomers peer deep into the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula
Astronomers release image of 50-light-year long filament of star-forming gas in the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula.
June 15, 2017 Read more
Chaotically magnetized cloud is no place to build a star, or is it?
For decades, scientists thought that the magnetic field lines coursing around newly forming stars were both powerful and unyielding, working like jail bars to corral star-forming material. More recently, astronomers have found tantalizing evidence that large-scale turbulence far from a nascent star can drag magnetic fields around at will.
June 14, 2017 Read more
Scientists make waves with black hole research (w/video)
Scientists have made a significant leap forward in understanding the workings of one of the mysteries of the universe. They have successfully simulated the conditions around black holes using a specially designed water bath.
June 14, 2017 Read more
A most detailed view into distant stellar nurseries (w/video)
An international team discovered almost 11,000 galaxies over an area equivalent to about nine full moons. Thanks to these unique data the life cycle of galaxies over the past 13 billion years could be reconstructed.
June 14, 2017 Read more
Researchers advocate statistical approach to search for Earth-like planets
A team of astronomers seeks to change the way scientists approach the search for Earth-like planets orbiting stars other than the sun. They favor taking a statistical comparative approach in seeking habitable planets and life beyond the solar system.
June 14, 2017 Read more
Hot rocks, not warm atmosphere, led to relatively recent water-carved valleys on Mars
New research shows that snow and ice melted by hot impact ejecta could have produced enough water to carve those valleys with no groundwater or heat wave required.
June 13, 2017 Read more
Galaxy alignments traced back 10 billion years
A new study reveals that the most massive galaxies in the universe have been aligned with their surroundings for at least ten billion years. This discovery shows that galaxies, like people, are influenced by their environment from a young age.
June 13, 2017 Read more
The seven most extreme planets ever discovered
As the hunt for planets outside our own solar system continues, we have discovered many worlds with extreme features. And the ongoing exploration of our own solar system has revealed some pretty weird contenders, too. Here are seven of the most extreme.
June 9, 2017 Read more
The largest virtual Universe ever simulated
Scientists have simulated the formation of our entire Universe with a large supercomputer. A gigantic catalogue of about 25 billion virtual galaxies has been generated from 2 trillion digital particles.
June 9, 2017 Read more
Organic compound found in early stages of star formation (w/video)
Scientists seeking to understand the origins of life have found a new organic compound in the material from which a star like the Sun is forming.
June 8, 2017 Read more
A planet hotter than most stars
Newly found world has a 'year' only 1.5 days long - and may even have a tail like a comet.
June 5, 2017 Read more
Gravitational waves spotted for the third time
For the third time, researchers have detected gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein 100 years ago. A pair of black holes with 31 and 19 solar masses had merged into a single one with a mass about 49 times that of our Sun.
June 1, 2017 Read more
Walking on exoplanets
A recent statistical study has revealed that the mass of Exoplanets between 1 and 100 times the mass of the Earth have a surface gravity surprisingly similar to the terrestrial gravity.
June 1, 2017 Read more