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Magnetized threads weave spectacular galactic tapestry (w/video)
Threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields are weaving a tapestry of energy at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. A new image of this new cosmic masterpiece was made using a giant mosaic of data.
May 27, 2021 Read more
New insights into the elusive continuous waves from spinning neutron stars (w/video)
Scientists get closer to detecting elusive continuous gravitational waves for the first time: A study finds new insights into these 'humming', slightly 'wobbly' continuous gravitational waves generated from rapidly spinning neutron stars.
May 27, 2021 Read more
Does the Milky Way move like a spinning top? (w/video)
An investigation questions one of the most interesting findings about the dynamics of the Milky Way in recent years: the precession, or the wobble in the axis of rotation of the disc warp is incorrect.
May 25, 2021 Read more
Probing deeper into origins of cosmic rays
Simulation model provides first step in developing algorithms to enhance detection methods.
May 25, 2021 Read more
The Milky Way is not unusual
The first detailed cross-section of a galaxy broadly similar to the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy evolved gradually, instead of being the result of a violent mash-up. The finding throws the origin story of our home into doubt.
May 24, 2021 Read more
36 Dwarf galaxies had simultaneous 'baby boom' of new stars
Surprising finding challenges current theories on how galaxies grow.
May 24, 2021 Read more
Mushrooms on Mars? Five unproven claims that alien life exists
As exciting as they are, it is important to treat claims of alien life with a healthy dose of scepticism, and this is indeed what scientists do. No conclusive evidence that extraterrestrial life exists has been found... yet.
May 21, 2021 Read more
Astronomers discover the most ancient galaxy with spiral morphology (w/video)
Analyzing data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found a galaxy with a spiral morphology by only 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This is the most ancient galaxy of its kind ever observed.
May 21, 2021 Read more
Not all theories can explain the black hole M87* (w/video)
Researchers have investigated for the first time how the different theories fit with the observational data of the black hole M87* at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87.
May 20, 2021 Read more
Looking for the genuine 'red tiny beasts' in the Milky Way
There is a special group of red tiny beasts wandering across the whole Milky Way Galaxy. They are red subdwarf stars who are 'aborigines' of the Milky Way and considered to be born in the Galactic halo and thick disk.
May 20, 2021 Read more
Searching for the origins of presolar grains
By analyzing the properties of argon-34, nuclear scientists calculated the ratios of various sulfur isotopes produced in both types of stellar explosions. This enables astrophysicists to determine whether specific presolar grains came from novae or supernovae.
May 19, 2021 Read more
Alien radioactive element prompts creation rethink
The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth has scientists rethinking the origins of the elements on our planet.
May 18, 2021 Read more
'Europium stars' in the dwarf galaxy Fornax
A physics research team has discovered the highest ever observed europium content in stars. Europium is the key for understanding the formation of the heavy elements by the fast neutron capture process, the so-called r-process.
May 18, 2021 Read more
Deep oceans dissolve the rocky shell of water planets
High-pressure experiments show that the hidden oceans of water planets selectively leach magnesium from typical rock minerals at conditions of pressures of hundred thousand atmospheres and temperatures above one thousand degrees Celsius.
May 18, 2021 Read more
Supermassive black holes devour gas just like their petite counterparts
Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.
May 17, 2021 Read more
Charting the expansion history of the universe with supernovae
An international research team analyzed a database of more than 1000 supernova explosions and found that models for the expansion of the Universe best match the data when a new time dependent variation is introduced.
May 14, 2021 Read more
New research reveals hidden processes at work in the hearts of large stars
Astronomers have now measured the internal mixing within an ensemble of massive stars using observations of waves from their deep interiors.
May 13, 2021 Read more
Scientists find molecular patterns that may help identify extraterrestrial life
Upcoming Solar System exploration missions will search for extraterrestrial (ET) life, but ET life may not be like Earth life; a new mass spectrometry analysis technique may allow for process-based ways to find ET life that is compositionally alien.
May 13, 2021 Read more