36 Dwarf galaxies had simultaneous 'baby boom' of new stars
Surprising finding challenges current theories on how galaxies grow.
May 24th, 2021
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Mushrooms on Mars? Five unproven claims that alien life exists
As exciting as they are, it is important to treat claims of alien life with a healthy dose of scepticism, and this is indeed what scientists do. No conclusive evidence that extraterrestrial life exists has been found... yet.
May 21st, 2021
Read moreAstronomers discover the most ancient galaxy with spiral morphology (w/video)
Analyzing data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found a galaxy with a spiral morphology by only 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This is the most ancient galaxy of its kind ever observed.
May 21st, 2021
Read moreNot all theories can explain the black hole M87* (w/video)
Researchers have investigated for the first time how the different theories fit with the observational data of the black hole M87* at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87.
May 20th, 2021
Read moreLooking for the genuine 'red tiny beasts' in the Milky Way
There is a special group of red tiny beasts wandering across the whole Milky Way Galaxy. They are red subdwarf stars who are 'aborigines' of the Milky Way and considered to be born in the Galactic halo and thick disk.
May 20th, 2021
Read moreSearching for the origins of presolar grains
By analyzing the properties of argon-34, nuclear scientists calculated the ratios of various sulfur isotopes produced in both types of stellar explosions. This enables astrophysicists to determine whether specific presolar grains came from novae or supernovae.
May 19th, 2021
Read moreAlien radioactive element prompts creation rethink
The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth has scientists rethinking the origins of the elements on our planet.
May 18th, 2021
Read more'Europium stars' in the dwarf galaxy Fornax
A physics research team has discovered the highest ever observed europium content in stars. Europium is the key for understanding the formation of the heavy elements by the fast neutron capture process, the so-called r-process.
May 18th, 2021
Read moreDeep oceans dissolve the rocky shell of water planets
High-pressure experiments show that the hidden oceans of water planets selectively leach magnesium from typical rock minerals at conditions of pressures of hundred thousand atmospheres and temperatures above one thousand degrees Celsius.
May 18th, 2021
Read moreSupermassive black holes devour gas just like their petite counterparts
Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.
May 17th, 2021
Read moreCharting the expansion history of the universe with supernovae
An international research team analyzed a database of more than 1000 supernova explosions and found that models for the expansion of the Universe best match the data when a new time dependent variation is introduced.
May 14th, 2021
Read moreNew research reveals hidden processes at work in the hearts of large stars
Astronomers have now measured the internal mixing within an ensemble of massive stars using observations of waves from their deep interiors.
May 13th, 2021
Read moreScientists find molecular patterns that may help identify extraterrestrial life
Upcoming Solar System exploration missions will search for extraterrestrial (ET) life, but ET life may not be like Earth life; a new mass spectrometry analysis technique may allow for process-based ways to find ET life that is compositionally alien.
May 13th, 2021
Read moreScientists invent a method for predicting solar radio flux for two years ahead
Scientists developed a method and software called RESONANCE to predict the solar radio flux activity for 1-24 months ahead. RESONANCE will serve to improve the specification of satellite orbits, re-entry services, modeling of space debris evolution, and collision avoidance maneuvers.
May 12th, 2021
Read moreNew study identifies five double-sun planets that could support life
Researchers investigated the effects of double-star and giant planets on habitable zones of nine systems observed by the Kepler mission.
May 10th, 2021
Read moreIn the emptiness of space, Voyager I detects plasma 'hum'
Voyager 1's instruments have detected the constant drone of interstellar gas (plasma waves).
May 10th, 2021
Read moreHow planets form controls elements essential for life
The prospects for life on a given planet depend not only on where it forms but also how, according to scientists.
May 10th, 2021
Read morePlanet formation may start earlier than previously thought
Rings in protoplanetary systems may develop much earlier than in conventional scenarios of planet formation.
May 7th, 2021
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