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Water trapped in star dust
Astrophysicists prove that dust particles in space are mixed with ice.
September 22, 2020 Read more
Water on exoplanet cloud tops could be found with hi-tech instrumentation
New technology in ground-based observatories is powerful enough to analyse the thin layer of atmosphere at the top of clouds.
September 22, 2020 Read more
Astronomers discover the first 'ultrahot Neptune': one of nature's improbable planets
The planet orbits so close to its star that its year lasts only 19 hours, and stellar radiation heats the planet to over 1700 degrees Celsius.
September 22, 2020 Read more
Comet discovered to have its own northern lights
An atmospheric light show previously relegated to planets and Jupiter moons is found on comet using data from ESA's Rosetta spacecraft.
September 21, 2020 Read more
Cosmic X-rays reveal an indubitable signature of black holes
An international team of astrophysicists has found distinctive signatures of black hole event horizon, unmistakably separating them from neutron stars -- objects, comparable to black holes in mass and size but confined within a hard surface.
September 21, 2020 Read more
Astronomers capture stellar winds in unprecedented detail
Contrary to common consensus, astronomers found that stellar winds are not spherical but have a shape similar to that of planetary nebulae.
September 18, 2020 Read more
Dark matter even more elusive than previously thought
Dark matter might be disappearing and sending its signal - but not very fast - in dwarf satellite galaxies.
September 18, 2020 Read more
Your house on Mars may be made from chitin
Using chitin, a bioinspired material, to manufacture tools and shelters on Mars.
September 16, 2020 Read more
Can life survive a star's death? Webb telescope can reveal the answer
Astronomers show how NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope could find signatures of life on Earth-like planets orbiting white dwarfs.
September 16, 2020 Read more
Jupiter's moons could be warming each other
The gravitational push and pull by Jupiter's moons could account for more warming than the gas giant Jupiter alone.
September 16, 2020 Read more
Solar cycle 25 has begun
Since December 2019, the activity of the star has been increasing again - which is in line with the predictions.
September 16, 2020 Read more
Unraveling a spiral stream of dusty embers from a massive binary stellar forge
With almost two decades of mid-infrared imaging from the largest observatories around the world, a team of astronomers was able to capture the spiral motion of newly formed dust streaming from the massive and evolved binary star system Wolf-Rayet 112.
September 16, 2020 Read more
Uranian moons in new light
According to observations by the Herschel Space Observatory, the five largest satellites resemble dwarf planets.
September 15, 2020 Read more
Hints of life on Venus
An international team of astronomers announced the discovery of a rare molecule - phosphine - in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially, or by microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments.
September 14, 2020 Read more
Astronomers find brand new type of black hole
The discovery of a new type of black hole challenges prior understanding of how the mysterious cosmic objects form across the universe, according to a new study.
September 11, 2020 Read more
Magnetic fields in space clouds feed young stars
Magnetic fields within molecular clouds - formations made of cosmic dust and gas - help feed young, growing stars.
September 11, 2020 Read more
Hubble observations suggest a missing ingredient in dark matter theories (w/video)
Astronomers have uncovered a discrepancy between the theoretical models of how dark matter should be distributed in galaxy clusters, and observations of dark matter's grip on clusters.
September 11, 2020 Read more
Giant particle accelerator in the sky
New study finds that electrons are locally heated to extremely high energies within the Van Allen Radiation Belts.
September 10, 2020 Read more