Researchers find last of universe's missing ordinary matter
Researchers have found the last reservoir of ordinary matter hiding in the universe.
Jun 20th, 2018
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Researchers have found the last reservoir of ordinary matter hiding in the universe.
Jun 20th, 2018
Read moreAn international team of astronomers makes planets visible by detecting molecules on their surface.
Jun 19th, 2018
Read moreA new measurement using a beam of aluminum-26 prepared in a metastable state allows researchers to better understand the creation of the elements in our galaxy.
Jun 18th, 2018
Read moreNew research shows the strongest evidence to date that this middle-of-the-road black hole exists, by serendipitously capturing one in action devouring an encountering star.
Jun 18th, 2018
Read moreAstronomers have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons.
Jun 14th, 2018
Read moreMysterious features seen in light emitted from active galactic nuclei may be due to partial obscuration by dust clouds, according to new study.
Jun 14th, 2018
Read moreThis experiment already provides some improvement in constraining dark matter properties, but even more progress is promised by explorations in the centre of our Milky Way that are underway.
Jun 14th, 2018
Read moreAstronomers have discovered relics of merger events in the Milky Way halo. Five small groups of stars appear to represent mergers with smaller galaxies, while a big 'blob' comprising hundreds of stars appears to be the remnant of a large merger event.
Jun 12th, 2018
Read moreElectrically charged particles from the sun strike moons and planets with great force. The consequences of these impacts can now be explained.
Jun 12th, 2018
Read moreChemical studies show that dust particles originated in a low-temperature environment.
Jun 11th, 2018
Read moreX-ray data from galaxy clusters points to electron-stripping process at hot and cold galactic interface.
Jun 8th, 2018
Read moreResearchers have published a paper which suggests that if we could travel at the speed of light it would take us 200,000 years to cross the disc of our Galaxy.
Jun 7th, 2018
Read moreAstronomers report the discovery of two new planetary systems, one of them hosting three planets with the same size of the Earth.
Jun 7th, 2018
Read morePinning down the mass of a galaxy may seem like an esoteric undertaking, but scientists think it holds the key to unraveling the nature of the elusive, yet-to-be-seen dark matter, and the fabric of our cosmos.
Jun 7th, 2018
Read moreOne of the unsolved mysteries in modern science is why the expansion of the universe appears to be accelerating. As astrophysicists look for answers in the mountains of data gathered from astronomical observations, they are finding that inconsistencies in that data might ultimately lead to the truth.
Jun 6th, 2018
Read moreAstronomers have inventoried a sizable share of the universe's stars, galaxies, comets, and black holes. But are planets with sustainable civilizations also something the universe contains? Or does every civilization that may have arisen in the cosmos last only a few centuries before it falls to the climate change it triggers?
Jun 5th, 2018
Read moreFresh insight into how stars are formed is challenging scientists' understanding of the Universe.
Jun 4th, 2018
Read moreOnce thought to be formed soon after the Universe itself, new research finds Globular Clusters may be only around 9 billion years old.
Jun 4th, 2018
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