How was the solar system formed? The Ryugu asteroid is helping us learn
Scientists reveal that minerals from the asteroid were produced through reactions with water more than 4.5 billion years ago.
Jan 19th, 2023
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Billions of celestial objects revealed in gargantuan survey of the Milky Way
Astronomers release colossal astronomical data tapestry displaying the majesty of our Milky Way in unprecedented detail
Jan 19th, 2023
Read moreComplex flows of cold gas are shedding light on stellar nurseries
Astronomers have observed flows of cold gas feeding the formation of stars in a multiple-protostar system.
Jan 19th, 2023
Read moreThe mechanism of cosmic magnetic fields explored in the laboratory
A novel experiment sheds new light on a possible mechanism that may seed magnetic fields for the galactic dynamo.
Jan 18th, 2023
Read moreNew small laser device can help detect signs of life on other planets
Researchers developed a miniaturized analyzer that may revolutionize how astrobiology discoveries are made on faraway moons and planets.
Jan 16th, 2023
Read moreStudy finds active galactic nuclei are even more powerful than thought
A new study indicates that scientists have substantially underestimated the energy output of these objects by not recognizing the extent to which their light is dimmed by dust.
Jan 16th, 2023
Read moreA star's unexpected survival
A team of physicists devise a model that maps a star's surprising orbit about a supermassive black hole - revealing new information about one of the cosmos' most extreme environments.
Jan 14th, 2023
Read moreResearchers measure size-luminosity relation of galaxies less than a billion years after Big Bang
Astronomers have studied the relation between galaxy size and luminosity of some of the earliest galaxies in the universe taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
Jan 13th, 2023
Read moreQUIJOTE maps the structure of our galaxy's magnetic field
Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere in the microwave range, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented an initial series of 6 scientific articles, giving the most accurate description we have of the polarization of the emission of the Milky Way at these wavelengths.
Jan 12th, 2023
Read moreThe seven-year photobomb: Distant star's dimming was likely a 'dusty' companion getting in the way, astronomers say
Gaia17bpp dimmed by about 4.5 orders of magnitude - or roughly 45,000 times. The star remained dim over the course of nearly seven years, from 2012 to 2019. The sudden brightening that the Gaia survey had uncovered was the end of that seven-year dim.
Jan 11th, 2023
Read moreNASA's TESS discovers planetary system's second Earth-size world
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star - the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface. The world is 95% Earth's size and likely rocky.
Jan 11th, 2023
Read moreModel-independent method to weigh protoplanetary disks
Astronomers have found a way to directly measure the amount of gas in protoplanetary disks without needing to make assumptions about the relative amounts of different types of gas, making this method more accurate and robust than previous methods.
Jan 11th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers spotted unusual stellar explosion rich in oxygen and magnesium
Scientists discovered a supernova explosion that expands our understanding of the later life stages of massive stars.
Jan 10th, 2023
Read moreResearchers develop AI method for mapping planets
Can the mapping of planets become an automated process? Scientists have now developed a novel, open-source approach for the mapping of planetary landforms using artificial intelligence.
Jan 10th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers find the most distant stars in our galaxy halfway to Andromeda
A search for variable stars called RR Lyrae has found some of the most distant stars in the Milky Way's halo a million light years away.
Jan 10th, 2023
Read moreJames Webb Space Telescope reveals links between galaxies near and far
Scientists use CEERS Survey to examine the structure and morphology of 850 high-redshift galaxies.
Jan 9th, 2023
Read morePhysicists confirm effective wave growth theory in space
Physicists used spacecraft data to confirm an important theory of plasma physics that improves our understanding of space weather.
Jan 6th, 2023
Read moreCosmological enigma of Milky Way's satellite galaxies solved
Astronomers say they have solved an outstanding problem that challenged our understanding of how the Universe evolved - the spatial distribution of faint satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way.
Dec 20th, 2022
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