Weighing a quasar's galaxy with precision
Scientists have managed to weigh - more precisely than any other technique - a galaxy hosting a quasar, thanks to the fact that it acts as a gravitational lens.
Jun 13th, 2023
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Using photosynthesis for Martian occupation
Researchers are working on sustainable technology to harvest solar power in space - which could supplement life support systems on the Moon and Mars.
Jun 10th, 2023
Read moreGravitational waves innovation could help unlock cosmic secrets
A groundbreaking development in thin film technology promises to enhance the sensitivity of current and future gravitational wave detectors.
Jun 8th, 2023
Read moreResearchers discover chemical evidence for pair-instability supernova from a very massive first star
A new study has identified a chemically peculiar star in the galactic halo as clear evidence of the existence of pair-instability supernovae from very massive first stars in the early Universe.
Jun 7th, 2023
Read moreNot your average space explosion: Researchers find classical novae are anything but simple
While studying classical novae using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a graduate researcher uncovered evidence the objects may have been erroneously typecast as simple.
Jun 7th, 2023
Read moreThe laws of physics used to be different, which may explain why you exist
The laws of physics must have been different at the start of the universe than they are now, according to a mind-bending study conducted by astronomers, which provides clues to why stars, planets and life itself managed to form in the universe.
Jun 6th, 2023
Read moreOne-third of galaxy's most common planets could be in habitable zone
In a new analysis based on the latest telescope data, astronomers have discovered that a third of the planets around the most common stars in the galaxy could be in a goldilocks orbit close enough, and gentle enough, to hold onto liquid water - and possibly harbor life.
Jun 6th, 2023
Read moreDisks, spikes and clouds
A peek into a black hole's back yard.
Jun 5th, 2023
Read moreDying stars' cocoons could be new source of gravitational waves
New simulations suggest, for the first time, that cocoons of debris around dying stars likely emit gravitational waves.
Jun 5th, 2023
Read moreWebb detects universe's most distant complex organic molecules
Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth - the most distant galaxy in which these molecules are now known to exist.
Jun 5th, 2023
Read moreMysterious dashes revealed in Milky Way's center
Hundreds of horizontal filaments point toward our central supermassive black hole.
Jun 2nd, 2023
Read moreQuest for alien signals in the heart of the Milky Way takes off
If an alien civilization wanted to communicate with other civilizations throughout the Milky Way, the galaxy's core holds potential as a strategic site for a beacon.
May 30th, 2023
Read moreWebb maps surprisingly large plume jetting from Saturn's moon Enceladus
Not only is this the first time such a water emission has been seen over such an expansive distance, but Webb is also giving scientists a direct look, for the first time, at how this emission feeds the water supply for the entire system of Saturn and its rings.
May 30th, 2023
Read moreA telescope's last view
Astronomers discover the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark.
May 30th, 2023
Read more'Light shining through a wall' experiment ALPS starts searching for dark matter
The world's most sensitive model-independent experiment to search for particularly light particles, of which dark matter might be composed, starts today in the form of the 'light shining through a wall' experiment ALPS II.
May 23rd, 2023
Read moreAn X-ray look at the heart of powerful quasars
Researchers have observed the X-ray emission of the most luminous quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history, known as SMSS J114447.77-430859.3, or J1144 for short. The new perspective sheds light on the inner workings of quasars and how they interact with their environment.
May 19th, 2023
Read moreRings of Quaoar
Astronomers discover a second 'impossible' ring around the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar
May 19th, 2023
Read moreFirst observed radio waves from a type Ia supernova
For the first time, astronomers have observed radio waves emitted by a Type Ia supernova, a type of explosion originating from a white dwarf star. This provides important clues to understand how white dwarfs explode.
May 18th, 2023
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