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New research may help scientists unravel the physics of the solar wind

Understanding the solar wind can help scientists predict how it will affect Earth's satellites and astronauts in space.

January 15, 2022 Read more

Being in space destroys more red blood cells

A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia. Analysis of 14 astronauts showed their bodies destroyed 54 percent more red blood cells in space than they normally would on Earth.

January 14, 2022 Read more

New insights into seasons on a planet outside our solar system

Observations of a hot Jupiter may also advance our understanding of planet origins and evolution.

January 14, 2022 Read more

Newly-found planets on the edge of destruction

Astronomers have found three Jupiter-like exoplanets that are dangerously close to being 'swallowed up' by their host stars. The discovery gives new insight into how planetary systems evolve over time, helping to reveal the fate of solar systems like our own.

January 13, 2022 Read more

Have astronomers finally found an exomoon? (w/video)

International researchers have found a new candidate for an exomoon - a moon that orbits planets beyond the realm of our Solar System. If its exomoon status is confirmed, Kepler-1708 b-i - which is 2.6 times larger than Earth - could represent a missing piece in the puzzle to understand the formation and evolution of planetary systems long ago in galaxies far, far away.

January 13, 2022 Read more

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) creates largest 3d map of the cosmos

DESI has already mapped out more galaxies than all previous 3D surveys combined - and it's just getting started.

January 13, 2022 Read more

Twelve for dinner: The Milky Way's feeding habits shine a light on dark matter

Astronomers are one step closer to revealing the properties of dark matter enveloping our Milky Way galaxy, thanks to a new map of twelve streams of stars orbiting within our galactic halo.

January 13, 2022 Read more

Oxygen ions in Jupiter's innermost radiation belts

Researchers find high-energy oxygen and sulfur ions in Jupiter's inner radiation belts - and a previously unknown ion source.

January 12, 2022 Read more

'Self-driving' satellites poised to unlock space engineering potential

In the future, mass transportation will almost certainly involve self-driving vehicles. The aerospace industry is pushing that idea even further, all the way to space.

January 12, 2022 Read more

The search for an isotropic gravitational wave background

An international team of astronomers has announced the results of a comprehensive search for a background of low-frequency gravitational waves. These light-year-scale ripples, a consequence of general relativity, permeate all of spacetime and could originate from mergers of the most massive black holes in the Universe or from events occurring soon after the formation of the Universe in the Big Bang.

January 12, 2022 Read more

Black hole at center of Milky Way unpredictable and chaotic

An international team of researchers has found that the black hole at the centre of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, not only flares irregularly from day to day but also in the long term. The team analysed 15 years' worth of data to come to this conclusion.

January 12, 2022 Read more

New theory finds upcoming satellite mission will be able to detect more than expected

The upcoming satellite experiment LiteBIRD is expected to probe the physics of the very early Universe if the primordial inflation happened at high energies. But now, scientists show it can also test inflationary scenarios operating at lower energies.

January 12, 2022 Read more

From dust to planet: how gas giants form

Astrophysicists have developed computer simulations that simultaneously use multiple types of celestial matter to gain a more comprehensive understanding of how these colossal planets grow from tiny specks of dust.

January 12, 2022 Read more

Hunting for dead stars

What they become afterwards depends on how big they were at birth - in other words the mass that they had when they were formed.

January 11, 2022 Read more

Astronomers identify potential clue to reinonization of universe

Astronomers have identified a potential clue to how the universe became reionized after the Big Bang. The researchers identified a black hole, a million times as bright as our sun, that may have been similar to the sources that powered the universe's reionization.

January 10, 2022 Read more

Eccentric exoplanet discovered

Astronomers discovered a sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star.

January 8, 2022 Read more

How scientists are 'looking' inside asteroids

Devoid of geological and atmospheric processes, asteroids provide a window onto the evolution of the solar system. But to really understand their secrets, scientists must know what's inside them.

January 7, 2022 Read more

Scientists contemplate launching tiny lifeforms into interstellar space

No longer solely in the realm of science fiction, the possibility of interstellar travel has appeared, tantalizingly, on the horizon.

January 6, 2022 Read more