Astronomers spotted unusual stellar explosion rich in oxygen and magnesium
Scientists discovered a supernova explosion that expands our understanding of the later life stages of massive stars.
Jan 10th, 2023
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Researchers develop AI method for mapping planets
Can the mapping of planets become an automated process? Scientists have now developed a novel, open-source approach for the mapping of planetary landforms using artificial intelligence.
Jan 10th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers find the most distant stars in our galaxy halfway to Andromeda
A search for variable stars called RR Lyrae has found some of the most distant stars in the Milky Way's halo a million light years away.
Jan 10th, 2023
Read moreJames Webb Space Telescope reveals links between galaxies near and far
Scientists use CEERS Survey to examine the structure and morphology of 850 high-redshift galaxies.
Jan 9th, 2023
Read morePhysicists confirm effective wave growth theory in space
Physicists used spacecraft data to confirm an important theory of plasma physics that improves our understanding of space weather.
Jan 6th, 2023
Read moreCosmological enigma of Milky Way's satellite galaxies solved
Astronomers say they have solved an outstanding problem that challenged our understanding of how the Universe evolved - the spatial distribution of faint satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way.
Dec 20th, 2022
Read moreNew study confirms the light from outside our galaxy brighter than expected
Scientists analyzed new measurements showing that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies, challenging assumptions about the number and environment of stars are in the universe.
Dec 17th, 2022
Read moreAstronomers may have uncovered how galaxies change their shape
Researchers may have answered a decades-old question about galaxy evolution, leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate their research.
Dec 16th, 2022
Read moreAstronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water
Astronomers have found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are water worlds, planets where water makes up a large fraction of the volume.
Dec 16th, 2022
Read moreWhat microorganisms on Mars would need to survive
Scientists studied the cellular processes that regulate the adaptation of microorganisms to perchlorates. If microorganisms could genetically adapt their stress response to this salt, which occurs in some deserts and on Mars, their survival on the red planet might be possible.
Dec 15th, 2022
Read moreMachine learning reveals how black holes grow
Machine learning has deduced the rules governing the relationship between the growth of a galaxy and the growth of the supermassive black hole at its center. The tight correlation between the two growth rates found in this research confirms a decades-old theory.
Dec 15th, 2022
Read moreScientists get first-ever sound recording of dust devils on Mars
When the rover Perseverance landed on Mars, it was equipped with the first working microphone on the planet's surface. Scientists have used it to make the first-ever audio recording of an extraterrestrial whirlwind.
Dec 14th, 2022
Read moreALICE estimates how transparent the Milky Way is to antimatter
The antimatter counterpart of a light atomic nucleus can travel a long distance in the Milky Way without being absorbed, shows the international ALICE collaboration.
Dec 13th, 2022
Read moreProposal for picogram-scale probes to explore nearby stars
Use of picogram to nanogram-scale probes that can land, replicate, and produce a communications module at the destination to explore nearby stars.
Dec 13th, 2022
Read moreCurved spacetime in the lab
Researchers simulate an entire family of universes with curvature in ultracold quantum gases.
Dec 10th, 2022
Read moreSpace and time: Clocks to detect dark matter
Scientists study ways to send atomic clocks closer to the sun to understand the universe's greatest mysteries
Dec 10th, 2022
Read moreMicrobial miners could help humans colonize the moon and Mars
The biochemical process by which cyanobacteria acquire nutrients from rocks in Chile's Atacama Desert has inspired engineers to think of new ways microbes might help humans build colonies on the moon and Mars.
Dec 9th, 2022
Read moreThe messy death of a star
Around 2500 years ago, a star ejected most of its gas forming the beautiful Southern Ring Nebula, NGC 3132, one of the first five image packages from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Dec 9th, 2022
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