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.
Posted: Jul 13th, 2018
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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.
Posted: Jul 12th, 2018
Read moreFirst evidence on the source of extragalactic particles
For the first time ever, scientists have determined the cosmic origin of highest-energy neutrinos.
Posted: Jul 12th, 2018
Read moreHubble 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.
Posted: Jul 12th, 2018
Read moreRocky 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.
Posted: Jul 10th, 2018
Read morePlasma-spewing quasar shines light on universe's youth, early galaxy formation
Found: Quasar with the brightest radio emission ever observed in the early universe.
Posted: Jul 9th, 2018
Read moreCould one of Saturn's moons support life?
The discovery of complex molecules from one of Saturn's moons suggests that it could support life.
Posted: Jul 6th, 2018
Read moreThe 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.
Posted: Jul 5th, 2018
Read moreEven phenomenally dense neutron stars fall like a feather
Einstein gets it right again.
Posted: Jul 5th, 2018
Read moreTheory 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.
Posted: Jul 5th, 2018
Read moreMilky 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.
Posted: Jul 3rd, 2018
Read moreFirst confirmed image of newborn planet
Astronomers have captured a spectacular snapshot of planetary formation around the young dwarf star PDS 70.
Posted: Jul 2nd, 2018
Read moreNew 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.
Posted: Jul 2nd, 2018
Read moreComplex organic molecules on Saturn's moon Enceladus
Researchers study ice particles and find macromolecular compounds.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2018
Read moreThe fingerprints of molecules in space
Using terahertz spectroscopy, physicists directly measured two spectral lines for one particular molecule for the first time. The discovered frequencies are characteristic of the amide ion, a negatively charged nitrogen molecule.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2018
Read moreGrease in space
Astronomers used a laboratory to manufacture material with the same properties as interstellar dust and used their results to estimate the amount of 'space grease' found in the Milky Way.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2018
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