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A team of astrophysicists has arrived at a major result regarding star populations beyond the Milky Way. The result could change our understanding of a wide range of astronomical phenomena, including the formation of black holes, supernovae and why galaxies die.
May 26th, 2022
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Newfound black holes in dwarf galaxies shed light on the origin of our galaxy's supermassive black hole.
May 24th, 2022
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Scientists analyzed iron samples from the cores of such asteroids that landed on Earth as meteorites. In doing so, they unravelled part of their early history during the time when planets formed.
May 24th, 2022
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Planetary systems around stars the size of our sun are obvious targets for astronomers trying to locate extraterrestrial life forms, and nearly every second star in that category is a binary star.
May 23rd, 2022
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Novel simulation brings extraordinary fast radio bursts into the laboratory in a way once thought impossible.
May 21st, 2022
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The presence of ammonia ice is strong observational evidence that Ceres may have been formed in the coldest region of the Solar System beyond the Frost Line.
May 19th, 2022
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Researchers that volcanoes may have left another lasting impact on the lunar surface: sheets of ice that dot the moon's poles and, in some places, could measure dozens or even hundreds of feet thick.
May 19th, 2022
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Simulations offer a new way to probe their origin in supernova remnants.
May 18th, 2022
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Using a unique new instrument and a little help from nature, researchers have obtained the first in-depth view of the enormous gas clouds that serve as galactic nurseries.
May 18th, 2022
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New chemistry 'forensics' indicate that the stone named Hypatia from the Egyptian desert could be the first tangible evidence found on Earth of a supernova type Ia explosion. These rare supernovas are some of the most energetic events in the universe.
May 16th, 2022
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Researchers showed that plants can successfully sprout and grow in lunar soil. Their study also investigated how plants respond biologically to the Moon's soil, also known as lunar regolith, which is radically different from soil found on Earth.
May 12th, 2022
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Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable clues about the nature of such giants, which are thought to reside at the centers of most galaxies.
May 12th, 2022
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Sometimes such dead stars flare back to life in a super hot explosion and produce a fireball of X-ray radiation. A research team has now been able to observe such an explosion of X-ray light for the very first time.
May 11th, 2022
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Reliable, resilient microgrid to sustain astronauts, mining and fuel processing.
May 11th, 2022
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With the help of the world's most powerful supercomputer and new artificial intelligence techniques, an international team of researchers has theorized how the extreme conditions in stars produce carbon-12, which they describe as 'a critical gateway to the birth of life'.
May 11th, 2022
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In our sun's neighborhood of the Milky Way Galaxy is a relatively bright star, and in it, astronomers have been able to identify the widest range of elements in a star beyond our solar system yet.
May 10th, 2022
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Discovery advances understanding of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
May 9th, 2022
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DARPA is seeking proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program for the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of a nuclear thermal rocket engine. The goal is to execute an in-space flight demonstration of nuclear thermal propulsion in fiscal year 2026.
May 7th, 2022
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