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New algorithm ensnares its first 'potentially hazardous' asteroid

An asteroid discovery algorithm has identified its first 'potentially hazardous' asteroid, a term for space rocks in Earth's vicinity that scientists like to keep an eye on.

Jul 31st, 2023

New clues on the source of the universe's magnetic fields

The source of magnetic fields has long been debated. New research offers clues on their origins.

Jul 31st, 2023

Listen to a star 'twinkle' (w/video)

Researchers developed the first 3D simulations of energy rippling from a massive star's core to its outer surface. Using these new models, the researchers determined, for the first time, how much stars should innately twinkle.

Jul 27th, 2023

Hubble sees evaporating planet getting the hiccups

A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit.

Jul 27th, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light

Hydrogen peroxide detected at Ganymede's poles; sulfur monoxide from Io's volcanos.

Jul 27th, 2023

Astronomers reveal new features of galactic black holes

International team of scientists reports the first detection of a quasi-periodic oscillation signal in the radio band from a Galactic black hole system.

Jul 27th, 2023

New image reveals secrets of planet birth

A spectacular new image released today by the European Southern Observatory gives us clues about how planets as massive as Jupiter could form.

Jul 25th, 2023

Scientists find key evidence for existence of nanohertz gravitational waves

Scientists have found key evidence for the existence of nanohertz gravitational waves, marking a new era in nanohertz gravitational wave research.

Jul 24th, 2023

Webb detects water vapor in rocky planet-forming zone

New measurements by the James Webb Space Telescope have detected water vapor at distances of less than 100 million miles from the star - the region where rocky, terrestrial planets may be forming.

Jul 24th, 2023

Hubble sees boulders escaping from asteroid dimorphos

Astronomers using Hubble's extraordinary sensitivity have discovered a swarm of boulders that were possibly shaken off the asteroid when NASA deliberately slammed the half-ton DART impactor spacecraft into Dimorphos at approximately 14,000 miles per hour.

Jul 21st, 2023

How old are stars outside clusters?

Scientists have successfully established a connection between the rotation rates of stars in star clusters and those outside them, so-called field stars, enabling the ages of the latter to be derived.

Jul 20th, 2023

Two-faced star exposed

Unusual white dwarf star is made of hydrogen on one side and helium on the other.

Jul 19th, 2023

Astronomers find new type of stellar object

The discovery of a new type of stellar object challenges our understanding of the physics of neutron stars.

Jul 19th, 2023

Astronomers identify the coldest star yet that emits radio waves

Cooler than a campfire and smaller than Jupiter, this brown dwarf star is a rare find.

Jul 13th, 2023

When the stars align: Astronomers find answers to mysterious action of ghost stars in our Galaxy

Scientists have found a source for the mysterious alignment of stars near the Galactic Centre.

Jul 13th, 2023

More evidence key building block of life were on Mars

Perseverance rover discovers diverse organic matter in Mars's Jezero Crater.

Jul 12th, 2023

'Sandwich' discovery offers new explanation for planet formation

By investigating the 'birth environment' of planets - areas of gas and dust that swirl around a central star - known as the protoplanetary disc, astronomers have made a new discovery on how small planets might form.

Jul 5th, 2023

Black hole ripples could help pin down expansion of Universe

The echoes of light from jets launched from black holes offers a new way to pin down the distance to these exotic objects and to study a largely unobserved population in the centre of the Galaxy. It could also even help determine the rate of expansion of the Universe.

Jul 5th, 2023