Water trapped in star dust
Astrophysicists prove that dust particles in space are mixed with ice.
Sep 22nd, 2020
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Astrophysicists prove that dust particles in space are mixed with ice.
Sep 22nd, 2020
Read moreNew technology in ground-based observatories is powerful enough to analyse the thin layer of atmosphere at the top of clouds.
Sep 22nd, 2020
Read moreThe planet orbits so close to its star that its year lasts only 19 hours, and stellar radiation heats the planet to over 1700 degrees Celsius.
Sep 22nd, 2020
Read moreAn atmospheric light show previously relegated to planets and Jupiter moons is found on comet using data from ESA's Rosetta spacecraft.
Sep 21st, 2020
Read moreAn international team of astrophysicists has found distinctive signatures of black hole event horizon, unmistakably separating them from neutron stars -- objects, comparable to black holes in mass and size but confined within a hard surface.
Sep 21st, 2020
Read moreContrary to common consensus, astronomers found that stellar winds are not spherical but have a shape similar to that of planetary nebulae.
Sep 18th, 2020
Read moreDark matter might be disappearing and sending its signal - but not very fast - in dwarf satellite galaxies.
Sep 18th, 2020
Read moreUsing chitin, a bioinspired material, to manufacture tools and shelters on Mars.
Sep 16th, 2020
Read moreAstronomers show how NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope could find signatures of life on Earth-like planets orbiting white dwarfs.
Sep 16th, 2020
Read moreThe gravitational push and pull by Jupiter's moons could account for more warming than the gas giant Jupiter alone.
Sep 16th, 2020
Read moreSince December 2019, the activity of the star has been increasing again - which is in line with the predictions.
Sep 16th, 2020
Read moreWith almost two decades of mid-infrared imaging from the largest observatories around the world, a team of astronomers was able to capture the spiral motion of newly formed dust streaming from the massive and evolved binary star system Wolf-Rayet 112.
Sep 16th, 2020
Read moreAccording to observations by the Herschel Space Observatory, the five largest satellites resemble dwarf planets.
Sep 15th, 2020
Read moreAn international team of astronomers announced the discovery of a rare molecule - phosphine - in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially, or by microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments.
Sep 14th, 2020
Read moreThe discovery of a new type of black hole challenges prior understanding of how the mysterious cosmic objects form across the universe, according to a new study.
Sep 11th, 2020
Read moreMagnetic fields within molecular clouds - formations made of cosmic dust and gas - help feed young, growing stars.
Sep 11th, 2020
Read moreAstronomers have uncovered a discrepancy between the theoretical models of how dark matter should be distributed in galaxy clusters, and observations of dark matter's grip on clusters.
Sep 11th, 2020
Read moreNew study finds that electrons are locally heated to extremely high energies within the Van Allen Radiation Belts.
Sep 10th, 2020
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