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The quantum chromodynamics phase transition in core-collapse supernovae has been examined for the first time, using state-of-the-art multi-dimensional supernova simulations and unique imprints of such a phase transition on the emitted gravitational-wave and neutrino signals have been detected.
Aug 31st, 2020
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In a landmark study, scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic neighbor.
Aug 27th, 2020
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A team of astronomers has detected for the first time the constant infrared emission from winds produced during the eruption of a black hole in an X-ray binary.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Tanpopo mission addresses the possibility of natural interplanetary transport of microbial life called panspermia.
Aug 26th, 2020
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Scientists confirm the presence of acetonitrile in a distant interstellar gas cloud using a radio telescope.
Aug 25th, 2020
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Not so long ago, astronomers mapped a galaxy far, far away using radio waves and found it has a strikingly familiar shape. In the process, they discovered the object, called TXS 0128+554, experienced two powerful bouts of activity in the last century.
Aug 25th, 2020
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The very heart of our Milky Way harbours a large bar-like structure of stars whose size and rotational speed have been strongly contested in the last years. A new study has found an elegant solution to the discrepancies found in different observational studies.
Aug 25th, 2020
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A mystery surrounding the space around our solar system is unfolding thanks to supernova-signatures found in deep-sea sediments.
Aug 25th, 2020
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An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets - planets that float in space without orbiting a sun - than there are stars in the Milky Way, a new study theorizes.
Aug 21st, 2020
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At a distance of more than a thousand times the shadow of the black hole, the core of a plasma jet suddenly lit up. How the energy for this jet could get there as if through an invisible chimney was not yet known.
Aug 21st, 2020
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Researchers have inferred continuous gravitational waves from a neutron star and have estimated the stellar microscopic deformation from a distance of about 4500 light-years.
Aug 20th, 2020
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An international team of researchers have discovered a dense, cold gas that's been shot out from the centre of the Milky Way 'like bullets'.
Aug 19th, 2020
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Killer cosmic rays from nearby supernovae could be the culprit behind at least one mass extinction event, researchers said, and finding certain radioactive isotopes in Earth's rock record could confirm this scenario.
Aug 19th, 2020
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Citizen scientists and NOIRLab facilities key to discovery of almost 100 nearby cool brown dwarfs.
Aug 18th, 2020
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One way to determine whether there is life on another planet is to look for biosignatures in the light that is scattered off its atmosphere. Scientists have developed an original model that interprets the results of that analysis.
Aug 18th, 2020
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For the first time, researchers have found a way to describe conditions deep in the convection zone of 'white dwarf' stars, which are home to some of the densest collections of matter in the Universe.
Aug 17th, 2020
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Scientists have detected a mysterious gamma-ray heartbeat coming from a cosmic gas cloud. The inconspicuous cloud in the constellation Aquila is beating with the rhythm of a neighbouring precessing black hole, indicating a connection between the two objects.
Aug 17th, 2020
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The end of the universe as we know it will not come with a bang. Most stars will very, very slowly fizzle as their temperatures fade to zero.
Aug 12th, 2020
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