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Cybersecurity for satellites is a growing challenge, as threats to space-based infrastructure grow

This emerging battleground highlights the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures to protect our space assets from sophisticated attacks that threaten global stability and security.

Feb 20th, 2024

The Radcliffe Wave is waving

Astronomers report oscillation of our giant, gaseous neighbor.

Feb 20th, 2024

Monster black hole devouring one sun every day

This is also the most luminous known object in the universe. It's 200 trillion times brighter than our sun.

Feb 19th, 2024

A star like a Matryoshka doll: New theory for gravastars

Theoretical physicists present a solution to the field equations of general relativity that describes the existence of a gravastar inside another gravastar.

Feb 15th, 2024

Researchers employ SETI ellipsoid technique for searching for signals from distant civilizations

Researchers show that the SETI Ellipsoid method can leverage continuous, wide-field sky surveys, significantly enhancing our ability to detect these potential signals.

Feb 12th, 2024

Migration solves exoplanet puzzle

Simulations provide a potential explanation for the mysterious gap in the size distribution of super-Earths.

Feb 9th, 2024

Astronomers discover cosmic dust storms from Type Ia supernova

Astronomers have made a significant discovery by identifying a previously unknown source of dust in the universe: a Type Ia supernova interacting with gas from its surroundings.

Feb 9th, 2024

Testing the evolution of the Universe with galaxy clusters

Astrophysicists enhanced the accuracy of measuring matter distribution in galaxy clusters, validating the Lambda-CDM theory on the universe's structure and evolution by combining observational data and high-resolution simulations.

Feb 8th, 2024

One of Saturn's moons is hiding a secret ocean (w/video)

Saturn's smallest major moon Mimas could be hiding an ocean beneath it's cratered body.

Feb 7th, 2024

Astrophysicists crack the case of 'disappearing' sulphur in planetary nebulae

Astrophysicists have finally solved a 20-year-old astrophysical puzzle concerning the lower-than-expected amounts of the element sulphur found in planetary nebulae in comparison to expectations and measurements of other elements and other types of astrophysical objects.

Feb 7th, 2024

Newly discovered carbon monoxide-runaway gap can help identify habitable exoplanets

A carbon monoxide runaway gap identified in the atmospheres of Earth-like planets can help expand the search for habitable planets. This gap, identified through atmospheric modeling, is an indicator of a CO-rich atmosphere on Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars.