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New method can model chemistry in extreme magnetic fields of white dwarfs
Researchers have developed a new methodology to calculate theoretical spectra for atoms and molecules in strong magnetic fields exhibited by up to one-fifth of white dwarfs.
Posted: Apr 19th, 2017
Read moreHydrogen halo lifts the veil of our galactic home
Astronomers find missing mass in the hydrogen halo that surrounds our home galaxy.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2017
Read moreResearchers provide new insight into dark matter halos
New research could shed light on the distribution of one of the most mysterious substances in the universe.
Posted: Apr 17th, 2017
Read moreScientist measures brightness of the universe with NASA's New Horizons spacecraft
Planetary mission offers up-close view of Cosmic Optical Background.
Posted: Apr 11th, 2017
Read moreBinary star caught in violent cycle
Massive gouts of x-rays may arise from an unusual conjunction between a neutron star and the disk of matter around its companion.
Posted: Apr 7th, 2017
Read moreAtmosphere detected around an Earth-like planet
Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around the super-Earth planet GJ 1132b. This marks the first detection of an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet other than Earth itself, and thus is a significant step on the path towards the detection of life outside our Solar System.
Posted: Apr 6th, 2017
Read moreScientists make progress on unravelling the puzzle of merging black holes
Astrophysicists have made progress in understanding a key mystery of gravitational-wave astrophysics: how two black holes can come together and merge.
Posted: Apr 5th, 2017
Read morePortrait of a black hole
IRAM's 30-metre dish is part of the Event Horizon Telescope which is looking into the centre of the Milky Way.
Posted: Mar 31st, 2017
Read moreMysterious cosmic explosion surprises astronomers studying the distant x-ray universe
A mysterious flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained. This source likely comes from some sort of destructive event, but it may be of a variety that scientists have never seen before.
Posted: Mar 31st, 2017
Read moreExplaining the accelerating expansion of the universe without dark energy
Enigmatic dark energy, thought to make up 68% of the universe, may not exist at all.
Posted: Mar 31st, 2017
Read moreWrong-way asteroid plays 'chicken' with Jupiter
For at least a million years, an asteroid orbiting the 'wrong' way around the sun has been playing a cosmic game of chicken with giant Jupiter and with about 6,000 other asteroids sharing the giant planet's space.
Posted: Mar 30th, 2017
Read moreSolving the case of the missing x-rays
A fierce wind obscures x-rays emitted from a disk of matter around a black hole.
Posted: Mar 24th, 2017
Read moreGravitational wave kicks monster black hole out of galactic core
Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational waves.
Posted: Mar 23rd, 2017
Read moreNew study maps space dust in 3-D (w/video)
New research raises new questions about properties of dust in local and distant reaches of Milky Way.
Posted: Mar 23rd, 2017
Read moreTracing aromatic molecules in the early universe
A team of astronomers has taken us a step closer to better understand the formation and destruction mechanisms of dust molecules in the distant universe.
Posted: Mar 23rd, 2017
Read moreBreaking the supermassive black hole speed limit
A new computer simulation helps explain the existence of puzzling supermassive black holes observed in the early universe. The simulation is based on a computer code used to understand the coupling of radiation and certain materials.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2017
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