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Astronomers capture first image of a black hole

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) - a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration - was set up to capture the first images of a black hole. Today, astronometrs reveal that they have succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a black hole.

Apr 10th, 2019

Are brown dwarfs failed stars or super-planets?

Astronomers find first signs they can also form like a planet.

Apr 9th, 2019

Unexpected rain on sun links two solar mysteries

Researchers find rain on the sun in an unexpected place. The findings could create a new link between two of the biggest mysteries in solar physics.

Apr 5th, 2019

Hubble captures rare active asteroid

Thanks to an impressive collaboration bringing together data from ground-based telescopes, all-sky surveys and space-based facilities -- including the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope -- a rare self-destructing asteroid called 6478 Gault has been observed.

Mar 28th, 2019

GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging

Cutting-edge VLTI instrument reveals details of a storm-wracked exoplanet using optical interferometry.

Mar 27th, 2019

In hunt for life, astronomers identify most promising stars

NASA's new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is designed to ferret out habitable exoplanets.

Mar 26th, 2019

Race at the edge of the Sun: Ions are faster than atoms

Astrophysicists observe physics phenomena in gas streams.

Mar 25th, 2019

Listening to the quantum vacuum

Researchers present the first broadband, off-resonance measurement of quantum radiation pressure noise in the audio band, at frequencies relevant to gravitational wave detectors.

Mar 25th, 2019

Jupiter's unknown journey revealed

The giant planet Jupiter was formed four times further from the sun than its current orbit, and migrated inwards in the solar system over a period of 700000 years. Researchers found proof of this incredible journey thanks to a group of asteroids close to Jupiter.

Mar 22nd, 2019

Giant X-ray 'chimneys' are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way's center

At the center of our galaxy, where an enormous black hole blasts out energy as it chows down on interstellar detritus while neighboring stars burst to life and explode. astronomers have discovered two exhaust channels -- dubbed the 'galactic center chimneys' -- that appear to funnel matter and energy away from the cosmic fireworks.

Mar 20th, 2019

Spiraling giants: Witnessing the birth of a massive binary star system

Astronomers have made observations of a molecular cloud that is collapsing to form two massive protostars that will eventually become a binary star system.

Mar 18th, 2019

Trembling aspen leaves could save future Mars rovers

Researchers have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even be a back-up energy supply that could save and extend the life of future Mars rovers.

Mar 18th, 2019

How heavy elements come about in the universe

An experiment simulates how heavy elements capture protons.

Mar 18th, 2019

Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes in the early universe

Subaru Telescope spots 13-billion-year-old quasars powered by black holes.

Mar 13th, 2019

Neural networks predict planet mass

To find out how planets form astrophysicists run complicated and time consuming computer calculations. Scientists have now developed a totally novel approach to speed up this process dramatically. They use deep learning based on artificial neural networks, a method that is well known in image recognition.

Mar 13th, 2019

What scientists found after sifting through dust in the solar system

Two recent studies report discoveries of dust rings in the inner solar system: a dust ring at Mercury's orbit, and a group of never-before-detected asteroids co-orbiting with Venus, supplying the dust in Venus' orbit.

Mar 12th, 2019