In hunt for life, astronomers identify most promising stars
NASA's new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is designed to ferret out habitable exoplanets.
Mar 26th, 2019
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NASA's new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is designed to ferret out habitable exoplanets.
Mar 26th, 2019
Read moreAstrophysicists observe physics phenomena in gas streams.
Mar 25th, 2019
Read moreResearchers present the first broadband, off-resonance measurement of quantum radiation pressure noise in the audio band, at frequencies relevant to gravitational wave detectors.
Mar 25th, 2019
Read moreThe giant planet Jupiter was formed four times further from the sun than its current orbit, and migrated inwards in the solar system over a period of 700000 years. Researchers found proof of this incredible journey thanks to a group of asteroids close to Jupiter.
Mar 22nd, 2019
Read moreAt the center of our galaxy, where an enormous black hole blasts out energy as it chows down on interstellar detritus while neighboring stars burst to life and explode. astronomers have discovered two exhaust channels -- dubbed the 'galactic center chimneys' -- that appear to funnel matter and energy away from the cosmic fireworks.
Mar 20th, 2019
Read moreAstronomers have made observations of a molecular cloud that is collapsing to form two massive protostars that will eventually become a binary star system.
Mar 18th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even be a back-up energy supply that could save and extend the life of future Mars rovers.
Mar 18th, 2019
Read moreAn experiment simulates how heavy elements capture protons.
Mar 18th, 2019
Read moreSubaru Telescope spots 13-billion-year-old quasars powered by black holes.
Mar 13th, 2019
Read moreTo find out how planets form astrophysicists run complicated and time consuming computer calculations. Scientists have now developed a totally novel approach to speed up this process dramatically. They use deep learning based on artificial neural networks, a method that is well known in image recognition.
Mar 13th, 2019
Read moreTwo recent studies report discoveries of dust rings in the inner solar system: a dust ring at Mercury's orbit, and a group of never-before-detected asteroids co-orbiting with Venus, supplying the dust in Venus' orbit.
Mar 12th, 2019
Read moreAstronomers have discovered a binary star system with the closest high-mass young stellar objects ever measured, providing a valuable 'laboratory' to test theories on high mass binary star formation.
Mar 11th, 2019
Read moreWe can't put the whole Milky Way on a scale, but astronomers have been able to come up with one of the most accurate measurements yet of our galaxy's mass, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite.
Mar 7th, 2019
Read moreA new study finds a particular class of stars called K stars, which are dimmer than the Sun but brighter than the faintest stars, may be particularly promising targets for searching for signs of life.
Mar 7th, 2019
Read moreCould the effect of photon mass on the gaseous components in galaxies be as strong as that of dark matter?
Mar 5th, 2019
Read moreFor almost a decade, astronomers have tried to explain why so many pairs of planets outside our solar system have an odd configuration -- their orbits seem to have been pushed apart by a powerful unknown mechanism. Researchers say they've found a possible answer, and it implies that the planets' poles are majorly tilted.
Mar 4th, 2019
Read moreA popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on the planet, and our heroes are launched into space to blow it up. But incoming asteroids may be harder to break than scientists previously thought, finds a study that used a new understanding of rock fracture and a new computer modeling method to simulate asteroid collisions.
Mar 4th, 2019
Read moreScientists make breakthrough in modeling how stars erupt thanks to studies of microscopic stardust grains.
Feb 28th, 2019
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