Chemical traces from star formation cast light on cosmic history
Fresh insight into how stars are formed is challenging scientists' understanding of the Universe.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2018
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Globular clusters 4 billion years younger than previously thought
Once thought to be formed soon after the Universe itself, new research finds Globular Clusters may be only around 9 billion years old.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2018
Read moreBlack holes from an exacomputer
Even after the direct measurement of their gravitational waves, there are still mysteries surrounding black holes. What happens when two black holes merge, or when stars collide with a black hole? This has now been simulated by researchers using a novel numerical method.
Posted: May 28th, 2018
Read moreLightening up dark galaxies
The identification of at least six candidates for dark galaxies could help filling an important gap in our understanding of galaxy evolution.
Posted: May 23rd, 2018
Read moreSpinning rugby balls: The rotation of the most massive galaxies
By targeting the most massive galaxies in our universe, astronomers have studied how their stars move. The results are surprising: while half of them spin around their short axis as expected, the other half turn around their long axis.
Posted: May 23rd, 2018
Read moreExtrasolar asteroid has been orbiting the sun for 4.5 billion years
The object is revolving around the sun in the vicinity of Jupiter but in the opposite direction from most other celestial bodies.
Posted: May 21st, 2018
Read moreAstronomers release most complete ultraviolet-light survey of nearby galaxies
Capitalizing on the unparalleled sharpness and spectral range of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers is releasing the most comprehensive, high-resolution ultraviolet-light survey of nearby star-forming galaxies.
Posted: May 17th, 2018
Read moreA laser from a space ant
An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of the spectacular Ant Nebula.
Posted: May 16th, 2018
Read moreCould a multiverse be hospitable to life?
A Multiverse - where our Universe is only one of many - might not be as inhospitable to life as previously thought, according to new research.
Posted: May 14th, 2018
Read moreBursting pulsar found to 'hiccup' during crucial stage of its lifecycle
Astronomers have discovered that the unique 'Bursting Pulsar' - a neutron star which steals matter from a low-mass stellar neighbour - may also be the slowest known 'transitional pulsar' in existence.
Posted: May 8th, 2018
Read moreWhat will happen when our sun dies?
A team of international astronomers predict it will turn into a massive ring of luminous, interstellar gas and dust, known as a planetary nebula.
Posted: May 7th, 2018
Read moreTaming the multiverse: Stephen Hawking's final theory about the big bang
The theory, which was submitted for publication before Hawking's death earlier this year, is based on string theory and predicts the universe is finite and far simpler than many current theories about the big bang say.
Posted: May 3rd, 2018
Read moreHubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have detected helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b. This is the first time this element has been detected in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system. The discovery demonstrates the ability to use infrared spectra to study exoplanet extended atmospheres.
Posted: May 2nd, 2018
Read moreFlares in the universe can now be studied on Earth
Physicists have discovered a new way to study these spectacular space plasma phenomena in a laboratory environment.
Posted: May 2nd, 2018
Read moreSelf-assembling telescope eyes discovery of new exoplanets
A modular space telescope, nearly 100 feet across, composed of individual units launched as ancillary payloads on space missions over a period of months and years, units that will navigate autonomously to a pre-determined point in space and self-assemble.
Posted: May 1st, 2018
Read moreOld data, new tricks: Fresh results from NASA's Galileo spacecraft 20 years on
Newly analyzed data from the Galileo spacecraft's flybys of one of Jupiter's moons two decades ago is yielding fresh insights: the magnetic field around the moon Ganymede makes it unlike any other in the solar system.
Posted: Apr 30th, 2018
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