'Lost' world's rediscovery is step towards finding habitable planets
The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable 'Goldilocks zone' in a distant solar system.
Jul 21st, 2020
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Scientists discover volcanoes on Venus are still active
New 3D model provides evidence that Venus is churning inside.
Jul 20th, 2020
Read moreAstrophysicists measure the expansion of the Universe across 11,000 million years
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey publishes a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the Universe ever created.
Jul 20th, 2020
Read moreNew evidence sheds light on origin of warp in the Milky Way
Most spiral galaxies, like Milky Way, have a warped disk, which is like a potato chip in the outer disk. But the origin of warp is still a mystery for astrophysicists.
Jul 20th, 2020
Read moreAstronomers map massive structure beyond Laniakea Supercluster
For the past decade, an international team of astronomers has been mapping the distribution of galaxies around the Milky Way. They have discovered an immense structure beyond Laniakea, an immense supercluster of galaxies, including our own. Astronomers have dubbed the newly identified structure the South Pole Wall.
Jul 20th, 2020
Read moreA population of asteroids of interstellar origin inhabits the Solar System
The discovery provides clues for understanding the star nursery from which the Sun emerged.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read moreSolar Orbiter returns first data, snaps closest pictures of the sun
The first images from ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter are now available to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read moreHow galaxies die: New insights into the quenching of star formation
A simple model explains a wide range of observations by describing the contest between galaxy halos and their central black holes that eventually turns off star formation.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read moreNeowise: an increasingly rare opportunity to spot a comet with the naked eye
Neowise is the first bright comet to be visible with the naked eye from the northern hemisphere since the mid-1990s. Another thing that makes this comet interesting is that it has a relatively long orbital period, meaning it was only discovered a few months ago.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read moreA black hole blinks
In a first, astronomers watch a black hole's corona disappear, then reappear.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read moreThermonuclear blast sends supernova survivor star hurtling across the Milky Way
Bizarre white dwarf star shows evidence of a 'partial supernova'. The star is travelling at 900,000 kilometres per hour through the Milky Way. Provides evidence for previously undiscovered types of supernovae and stars that survived them.
Jul 15th, 2020
Read moreShort gamma ray burst leaves most-distant optical afterglow ever detected
Rare event occurred 10 billion lightyears away, 3.8 billion years after the Big Bang.
Jul 14th, 2020
Read moreDesigning better asteroid explorers
New research provides important information in improving the accuracy of data collection on asteroids.
Jul 14th, 2020
Read moreGigantic, red and full of spots
About eight percent of red giants are covered by sunspot-like, dark areas; these stars rotate faster than others of their kind.
Jul 13th, 2020
Read moreCosmic cataclysm allows precise test of general relativity
In 2019, telescopes detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. This was the most intense gamma-radiation ever obtained from such a cosmic object. But the GRB data have more to offer: with further analyses, the scientists could now confirm that the speed of light is constant in vacuum - and not dependent on energy.
Jul 9th, 2020
Read moreNew telescope detects enormous 'superflare' on nearby star
Astronomers succeeded in detecting 12 stellar flare phenomena on AD Leonis. One of these flares was 20 times larger than those emitted by our own sun, categorizing it a 'superflare'. Subsequent data analysis presents new insight into these explosive phenomena.
Jul 9th, 2020
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