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Super-Earth skimming habitable zone of red dwarf

A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth. This is the first discovery by a new instrument on the Subaru Telescope and offers a chance to investigate the possibility of life on planets around nearby stars.

August 1, 2022 Read more

Researchers 3D print sensors for satellites

Cheap and quick to produce, these digitally manufactured plasma sensors could help scientists predict the weather or study climate change.

July 27, 2022 Read more

Space study offers clearest understanding yet of the life cycle of supermassive black holes

Research uses X-ray telescopes and a new data analysis technique to describe space objects.

July 26, 2022 Read more

Measuring the universe with star-shattering explosions

Researchers analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant universe.

July 22, 2022 Read more

Why Jupiter doesn't have rings like Saturn

Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky.

July 21, 2022 Read more

AI-assisted analysis of three-dimensional galaxy distribution in our universe

A neural network method machine-learning technique has enabled researchers to develop a very fast and highly efficient software program that can make theoretical predictions about structure formation in the universe.

July 21, 2022 Read more

A new method to detect exoplanets

Astronomers suggest a new way of detecting dim bodies, including planets, orbiting exotic binary stars known as Cataclysmic Variables.

July 20, 2022 Read more

Solar power for space applications

The systems that generate power for spacecrafts either in Earth orbit or for other solar system and deep space destinations belong to the critical components of every mission. The huge improvements in photovoltaics over the past decades has paved the way for the exploitation of solar cells also for satellites traveling into deep space beyond Mars. 2D materials show a high potential for both PV and radiation-resistant materials and 2D materials-based solar cells will be a likely future technology for space applications.

July 19, 2022 Read more

'Black hole police' discover a dormant black hole outside our galaxy

A team of international experts, renowned for debunking several black hole discoveries, have found a stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbour galaxy to our own.

July 18, 2022 Read more

Rewinding a supernova with machine learning

New work looks at using machine learning to decipher the early stages of supernovae explosions by reconstructing the light emitted during the outburst.

July 14, 2022 Read more

Cyborg collaboration finds 40,000 ring galaxies

The discovery of 40,000 rare ring-shaped galaxies is six times more than previously known. Rings take billions of years to form and are destroyed in galaxy-galaxy collisions, and so this giant new sample will help reveal how isolated galaxies evolve.

July 14, 2022 Read more

Astronomers detect a radio 'heartbeat' billions of light-years from Earth

The clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts may originate from a distant neutron star.

July 13, 2022 Read more

James Webb Telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show - and how it will change astronomy

Nasa released the first science observations made by the suite of instruments carried on board the James Webb telescope, marking what we eagerly anticipate will be the beginning of a new era in astronomy.

July 12, 2022 Read more

In its first published image, Webb telescope delivers deepest infrared image of universe yet

Webb's sharp near-infrared view brought out faint structures in extremely distant galaxies, offering the most detailed view of the early universe to date.

July 12, 2022 Read more

The ultimate fate of a star shredded by a black hole

In 2019 tidal disruption, much of star's mass ended up in symmetrical cloud that hid black hole.

July 12, 2022 Read more

Black Hole Hunters - A citizen science search for black hole self-lensing

A research team is asking for the public's help to find some of the most mysterious, elusive objects in the Universe - black holes. By examining data from the SuperWASP survey, the team hope to detect changes in starlight that may provide evidence for the existence of these black holes.

July 11, 2022 Read more

Building blocks for RNA-based life abound at center of our galaxy

Key precursors for life on Earth are abundant in interstellar Molecular Clouds and could have reached Earth inside meteors and comets.

July 8, 2022 Read more

Shedding light on comet Chury's unexpected chemical complexity

Scientists have identified an unexpected richness of complex organic molecules at a comet. Delivered to the early Earth by impacting comets, these organics may have helped to kick-start carbon-based life as we know it.

July 5, 2022 Read more