Cosmic flashes pinpointed to a surprising location in space
The location matched exactly with a dense cluster of very old stars, known as a globular cluster.
Mar 19th, 2022
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Three space station studies helping scientists understand the early universe
Research conducted aboard the International Space Station is helping scientists answer questions about the formation of the universe and origins of life on Earth.
Mar 18th, 2022
Read moreTheoretical model explains how dust grains can grow into the seeds of new planets
By amassing in high-density regions, dust grains avoid drifting toward the star they are orbiting.
Mar 18th, 2022
Read moreEnsuring the performance of microelectronics in space (w/video)
Researchers have developed advanced microelectronics that are resistant to harsh radiation in space and other environments. The microelectronics were tested with a high energy microprobe technology that can simulate the effects of space radiation.
Mar 18th, 2022
Read moreMoon's orbit proposed as a gravitational wave detector
Scientists propose using the variations in distance between the Earth and the Moon, which can be measured with a precision of less than a centimeter, as a new gravitational wave detector within a frequency range that current devices cannot detect.
Mar 17th, 2022
Read moreCombing the cosmos: New color catalog aids hunt for life on frozen worlds
Aided by microbes found in the subarctic conditions of Canada's Hudson Bay, an international team of scientists has created the first color catalog of icy planet surface signatures to uncover the existence of life in the cosmos.
Mar 15th, 2022
Read moreComet 67P's abundant oxygen more of an illusion, new study suggests
A new study suggests the comet has two internal reservoirs that make it seem like there's more oxygen than is actually there.
Mar 14th, 2022
Read moreMeteorites that helped form earth may have formed in the outer solar system
Evidence suggests surface minerals of outer main-belt asteroids, proposed to have sourced building blocks of Earth's water and life, are only stable at low temperatures. These asteroids formed in distant orbits and may help explain Earth's composition.
Mar 12th, 2022
Read moreScientists announce discovery of supermassive binary black holes
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole binary system, one of only two known such systems. The two black holes, which orbit each other, likely weigh 100 million suns each.
Mar 11th, 2022
Read more'Bubble-through' nuclear engine might be a future NASA workhorse
A cutting-edge nuclear thermal propulsion rocket engine using what's called centrifugal liquid fuel bubble-through could one day be a ticket for NASA to go directly into deep space.
Mar 11th, 2022
Read moreCosmic particle accelerator at its limit
Gamma ray observatory H.E.S.S. reveals a cosmic particle acceleration process in unprecedented detail.
Mar 10th, 2022
Read moreThe new, improved Dragonfly is a galactic gas detector
The Dragonfly telescope is undergoing a metamorphosis. For the past decade, the Dragonfly Telephoto Array has conducted groundbreaking science by detecting faint starlight within dimly lit parts of the night sky. The telescope uses clusters of telephoto lenses to create images, much the way a dragonfly's eyes gather visual data. Now Dragonfly is setting its sights on extragalactic gas.
Mar 10th, 2022
Read moreImagining an Earthly neighbor
New modelling work provides deep insight into how an Earth-like planet orbiting the Sun-like stars closest to us, the ? Centauri A/B binary, would look like, should it exist.
Mar 10th, 2022
Read more196 lasers help scientists recreate the conditions inside gigantic galaxy clusters
Experiments point the way to solving mystery that keeps clusters hot.
Mar 9th, 2022
Read moreBlack hole billiards in the centers of galaxies
Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs observed to date by gravitational waves also seemed to merge on a non-circular orbit. Their suggested solution involves a chaotic triple drama inside a giant disk of gas around a super massive black hole in a galaxy far, far away.
Mar 9th, 2022
Read moreMathematical discovery could shed light on secrets of the Universe
Scientists show how gravity emerges from a special quantum mechanical system, in a simplified model for quantum gravity called the 'holographic principle'.
Mar 9th, 2022
Read moreAstronomers discover largest molecule yet in a planet-forming disc
Astronomers have for the first time detected dimethyl ether in a planet-forming disc. With nine atoms, this is the largest molecule identified in such a disc to date. It is also a precursor of larger organic molecules that can lead to the emergence of life.
Mar 8th, 2022
Read moreWormholes help resolve black hole information paradox
A mathematical analysis helps illuminate the puzzle over how information escapes from a black hole.
Mar 8th, 2022
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