Asteroid impact in slow motion
High-pressure study solves 60-year-old mystery.
Feb 7th, 2023
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'Engine' of luminous merging galaxies pinpointed for the first time
Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the precise location of a powerful energy source hidden by cosmic dust in the luminous merging galaxy IIZw096.
Feb 6th, 2023
Read moreDistant galaxy mirrors the early Milky Way
The galaxy, dubbed 'The Sparkler', is embedded in a system of globular clusters and satellite galaxies, and appears to be swallowing them as it grows.
Feb 6th, 2023
Read moreThe bubbling universe
What happened shortly after the universe was born in the Big Bang and began to expand? Bubbles occurred and a previously unknown phase transition happened, according to particle physicists.
Feb 1st, 2023
Read moreFirst Kilonova Progenitor System identified
Astronomers using the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope uncover a one-in-ten-billion binary star system.
Feb 1st, 2023
Read moreScientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe
Analysis combines Dark Energy Survey, South Pole Telescope data to understand evolution of universe.
Jan 31st, 2023
Read moreTeam aims to find 'Earth 2.0'
New technology may enable exoplanet discoveries previously thought impossible.
Jan 27th, 2023
Read moreAstral alchemy
Scientists created a bound state of a proton and a K- meson and measured its mass. The data implied that it consisted of five quarks. This work may help scientists develop a theory of exotic matter that existed in the early Universe or in neutron stars.
Jan 26th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers confirm age of most distant galaxy with oxygen
A new study has measured the cosmic age of a very distant galaxy. This discovery confirms the existence of galaxies in the very early Universe found by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Jan 25th, 2023
Read moreWere galaxies much different in the early universe?
Newest data from HERA improves search for cosmic dawn radiation, tests theories of galaxy formation.
Jan 25th, 2023
Read moreA new model for dark matter
Phase transition in the early universe changes strength of interaction between dark and normal matter.
Jan 24th, 2023
Read moreMaking oxygen on the Moon
The lunar surface is covered in sand composed of metals and oxygen. By extracting the oxygen from this sand, it can be used by astronauts to breathe.
Jan 24th, 2023
Read moreWebb unveils dark side of pre-stellar ice chemistry
Webb has identified frozen forms of a wide range of molecules, including carbon dioxide, ammonia, and methane.
Jan 23rd, 2023
Read moreA new model for dark matter
Phase transition in early universe changes strength of interaction between dark and normal matter.
Jan 23rd, 2023
Read moreRipples in the fabric of the universe may reveal the start of time
Scientists have advanced in discovering how to use ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves to peer back to the beginning of everything we know.
Jan 20th, 2023
Read moreMassive fuel hungry black holes feed off intergalactic gas
Research has revealed how supermassive black holes are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by travelling hundreds of thousands of light years from one galaxy to another.
Jan 19th, 2023
Read moreHow was the solar system formed? The Ryugu asteroid is helping us learn
Scientists reveal that minerals from the asteroid were produced through reactions with water more than 4.5 billion years ago.
Jan 19th, 2023
Read moreBillions of celestial objects revealed in gargantuan survey of the Milky Way
Astronomers release colossal astronomical data tapestry displaying the majesty of our Milky Way in unprecedented detail
Jan 19th, 2023
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