In the emptiness of space, Voyager I detects plasma 'hum'
Voyager 1's instruments have detected the constant drone of interstellar gas (plasma waves).
May 10th, 2021
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How planets form controls elements essential for life
The prospects for life on a given planet depend not only on where it forms but also how, according to scientists.
May 10th, 2021
Read morePlanet formation may start earlier than previously thought
Rings in protoplanetary systems may develop much earlier than in conventional scenarios of planet formation.
May 7th, 2021
Read moreStar formation is triggered by cloud-cloud collisions, study finds
Researchers have found that collisions of gas clouds hovering in space bring about the birth of star clusters.
May 7th, 2021
Read moreTeamwork in space: Robots pave the way for crewed lunar missions and sustainable space research (w/video)
To survive on the moon, humans need a lot of resources. Transporting them to the earth's satellite by spaceship would be extremely expensive. There is a much cheaper and sustainable solution: special manufacturing plants that can extract and process raw materials directly on site.
May 6th, 2021
Read moreResearchers create new lunar map to help guide future exploration missions
The map, along with proposed paths for robotic rovers, provides new details on a scientifically important region of the moon's south pole.
May 4th, 2021
Read moreHubble watches how a giant planet grows
The Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a rare look at a Jupiter-sized, still-forming planet that is feeding off material surrounding a young star.
Apr 30th, 2021
Read moreSmall galaxies likely played important role in evolution of the Universe
A new study by astrophysicists shows that high-energy light from small galaxies may have played a key role in the early evolution of the Universe. The research gives insight into how the Universe became reionized, a problem that astronomers have been trying to solve for years.
Apr 30th, 2021
Read moreOcto-Tiger rapidly models stellar collisions
Astrophysicists have developed 'Octo-Tiger', a breakthrough astrophysics code to more efficiently model stellar collisions. The code simulates the evolution of self-gravitating and rotating systems of arbitrary geometry using adaptive mesh refinement and a new method to parallelise the code to achieve superior speeds.
Apr 29th, 2021
Read moreCampfires on the Sun
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft detects a surprising number of tiny and bright flares in the gas atmosphere of our star.
Apr 28th, 2021
Read moreThe discovery of new millisecond pulsars
Astronomers have discovered 8 millisecond pulsars located within dense clusters of stars, known as globular clusters. Millisecond pulsars are neutron stars, the most compact star known, that spin up to 700 times per second.
Apr 28th, 2021
Read moreAstronomers detect first ever hydroxyl molecule signature in an exoplanet atmosphere
This is the first direct evidence of OH in the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System. It shows not only that astronomers can detect this molecule in exoplanet atmospheres, but also that they can begin to understand the detailed chemistry of this planetary population.
Apr 27th, 2021
Read moreReading a message carried on a distant tide (w/video)
A high-energy neutrino that flung out from a star, ripped apart by a black hole, reveals something about the cosmic sources of these mysterious particles.
Apr 27th, 2021
Read moreStar light, star bright...as explained by math
The evolving periodicity of the brightness of certain types of stars can now be described mathematically.
Apr 26th, 2021
Read moreHubble celebrates 31st birthday with giant star on the edge of destruction
The giant star featured in this latest Hubble Space Telescope anniversary image is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction.
Apr 23rd, 2021
Read moreMOXIE creates oxygen on Mars
A NASA mission has produced oxygen on another planet for the first time.
Apr 23rd, 2021
Read moreUsing exoplanets as dark matter detectors
Astrophysicists suggest dark matter could be detected by measuring the effect it has on the temperature of exoplanets, which are planets outside our solar system.
Apr 22nd, 2021
Read moreAstronomers release new all-sky map of Milky Way's outer reaches
The highlight of the new chart is a wake of stars, stirred up by a small galaxy set to collide with the Milky Way. The map could also offer a new test of dark matter theories.
Apr 22nd, 2021
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