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Dark Energy Survey discovers potential new dwarf planet

Thanks to scientists on the Dark Energy Survey (DES), the solar system just got another member.

Dec 12th, 2016

A syllabus in cosmic rays

What have scientists learned in five years of studying cosmic rays with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment?

Dec 12th, 2016

'Hyper-starburst' galaxy churns out stars, clues to universe's evolution

A recently discovered galaxy is undergoing an extraordinary boom of stellar construction, revealed by a group of astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

Dec 8th, 2016

Will Earth still exist 5 billion years from now?

What will happen to Earth when, in a few billion years' time, the Sun is a hundred times bigger than it is today? Using the most powerful radio telescope in the world, an international team of astronomers has set out to look for answers in the star L2 Puppis. Five billion years ago, this star was very similar to the Sun as it is today.

Dec 8th, 2016

Neutron stars on the home PC

Astronomers find most massive double neutron star system with Einstein@Home.

Dec 8th, 2016

Second-generation stars identified, giving clues about their predecessors

Astronomers have identified what they believe to be the second generation of stars, shedding light on the nature of the universe's first stars.

Dec 6th, 2016

New telescope chip offers clear view of alien planets

Scientists have developed a new optical chip for a telescope that enables astronomers to have a clear view of alien planets that may support life.

Dec 6th, 2016

Where giant galaxies are born

International team of scientists has discovered that the biggest galaxies in the universe develop in cosmic clouds of cold gas.

Dec 2nd, 2016

Solar winds transport more energy towards the Earth than expected

An international team of scientists showed that solar winds transport way more energy towards the Earth than previously thought.

Dec 1st, 2016

What do Netflix, Google and planetary systems have in common?

Same class of algorithms used by Google and Netflix can also tell us if distant planetary systems are stable or not.

Dec 1st, 2016

Tangled threads weave through cosmic oddity

New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the intricate structure of the galaxy NGC 4696 in greater detail than ever before. The elliptical galaxy is a beautiful cosmic oddity with a bright core wrapped in system of dark, swirling, thread-like filaments.

Dec 1st, 2016

First signs of weird quantum property of empty space?

VLT observations of neutron star may confirm 80-year-old prediction about the vacuum.

Nov 30th, 2016

Timing the shadow of a potentially habitable extrasolar planet paves the way to search for alien life

Astronomers have observed the transit of a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet known as K2-3d. While transits have previously been observed for thousands of other extrasolar planets, K2-3d is important because there is a possibility that it might harbor extraterrestrial life.