Astrophysics News
May 16, 2024
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May 15, 2024 — Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in a new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The triple-star system is made up of the variable star HP Tau, HP Tau G2, ...
May 15, 2024 — Astronomers have just discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet around SPECULOOS-3, an 'ultracool dwarf' star as small as Jupiter, twice as cold as our Sun, and located 55 light-years from Earth. After ...
May 14, 2024 — Astronomers have just discovered WASP-193b, an extraordinarily low-density giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like ...
May 14, 2024 — Astronomers discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, and they live in our own galactic neighborhood. The stars are in the Milky Way's 'halo' -- the cloud of stars that envelopes the ...
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May 10, 2024 — Astronomers have proposed a new theory to explain the origin of phosphorus, one of the elements important for life on Earth. The theory suggests a type of stellar explosion known as ONe novae as a ...
May 9, 2024 — A recent study has discovered a novel method for detecting the first-generations stars, known as Population III (Pop III) stars, which have never been directly detected. These potential discoveries ...
May 8, 2024 — Researchers may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet ...
May 8, 2024 — After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC ...
May 6, 2024 — Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored as much water as Earth. Today, almost all of it has disappeared. A new study may help to explain ...
May 6, 2024 — Astronomers observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The findings may shed light on how the earliest supermassive black holes became so massive despite ...
May 6, 2024 — Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951. Located in the Virgo constellation, NGC 4951 is located roughly 50 ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Computer simulations by astronomers support the idea that dark matter -- matter that no one has yet directly detected but which many physicists think must be there to explain several aspects of the ...
May 1, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a potential 'cosmic glitch' in the universe's gravity, explaining its strange behavior on a cosmic ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. These ...
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Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have successfully used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Astronomers have confirmed that differences in binary stars' composition can originate from chemical variations in the cloud of stellar material from which they formed. The results help explain ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers co-led a study that will improve the detection of gravitational waves--ripples in space and ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Astrophysicists have made a significant step toward solving the last puzzle in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory by observing the weak to strong transition in the space plasma turbulence ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Based on radio telescope data and models of black hole physics, a team has used neural networks to reconstruct a 3D image that shows how explosive flare-ups in the disk of gas around our supermassive ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Astronomers have produced the first high-resolution map of a massive explosion in a nearby galaxy, providing important clues on how the space between galaxies is polluted with chemical ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near light-speed. But ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission because ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Physicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its current ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — Physicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its current ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — An international research team has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from three Sun-like stars by recording the X-ray emission from their astrospheres, and placed constraints on the ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — A star's magnetic field must be considered in order to correctly determine the characteristics of exoplanets from observations by space telescopes such as Kepler, James Webb, or PLATO. ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — When astronomers looked at a stellar pair at the heart of a stunning cloud of gas and dust, they were in for a surprise. Star pairs are typically very similar, like twins, but in HD 148937, one star ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have found that baby stars discharge plumes of gas, dust, and magnetic flux from their protostellar disk. The protostellar disk that surrounds developing stars are constantly penetrated ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Captured by cutting-edge radio telescope technology, a chance reactivation of a magnetar -- the Universe's most powerful magnets -- has revealed an unexpectedly complex ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — High sensitivity radio observations have discovered a cloud of magnetized plasma in the Hydra galaxy cluster. The odd location and shape of this plasma defy all conventional explanations. Dubbed the ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — A team of researchers has shown that molecules can be as formidable at scrambling quantum information as black holes by combining mathematical tools from black hole physics and chemical physics and ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — Scientists may be one step closer to unlocking one of the great mysteries of the universe after calculating that neutron stars might hold a key to helping us understand elusive dark ...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Monday, April 22, 2024
- AI and Physics Combine to Reveal the 3D Structure of a Flare Erupting Around a Black Hole
- Giant Galactic Explosion Exposes Galaxy Pollution in Action
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Physicists Solve Puzzle About Ancient Galaxy Found by Webb Telescope
- Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst of All Time Came from the Collapse of a Massive Star
- Stellar Winds of Three Sun-Like Stars Detected for the First Time
- Exoplanets True to Size
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Beautiful Nebula, Violent History: Clash of Stars Solves Stellar Mystery
- Twinkle Twinkle Baby Star, 'sneezes' Tell Us How You Are
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Telescope Detects Unprecedented Behavior from Nearby Magnetar
- Inexplicable Flying Fox Found in Hydra Galaxy Cluster
Friday, April 5, 2024
- Chemical Reactions Can Scramble Quantum Information as Well as Black Holes
- Neutron Stars Are Key to Understanding Elusive Dark Matter
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Stellar Collisions Produce Strange, Zombie-Like Survivors
- First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Astronomers Conduct First Search for Forming Planets With New Space Telescope
- Persistent Hiccups in a Far-Off Galaxy Draw Astronomers to New Black Hole Behavior
- Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way's Central Black Hole
- 'Cosmic Cannibals' Expel Jets Into Space at 40 Percent the Speed of Light
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Sleeping Supermassive Black Holes Awakened Briefly by Shredded Stars
- Tiniest 'starquake' Ever Detected
- Scientists on the Hunt for Evidence of Quantum Gravity's Existence at the South Pole
Monday, March 25, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- High School Students Contribute to Exoplanet Discovery
- Scientists Find One of the Most Ancient Stars That Formed in Another Galaxy
- Quantum Tornado Provides Gateway to Understanding Black Holes
- Astrophysicist's Research Could Provide a Hint in the Search for Dark Matter
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Cheers! NASA's Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
- Explaining a Supernova's 'string of Pearls'
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Peering Into the Tendrils of NGC 604 With NASA's Webb
- Nasa’s Webb, Hubble Telescopes Affirm Universe’s Expansion Rate, Puzzle Persists
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Finding New Physics in Debris from Colliding Neutron Stars
- Astronomers Spot Oldest 'dead' Galaxy Yet Observed
- Discovery Tests Theory on Cooling of White Dwarf Stars
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Groundbreaking Survey Reveals Secrets of Planet Birth Around Dozens of Stars
- What Makes Black Holes Grow and New Stars Form? Machine Learning Helps Solve the Mystery
Monday, March 4, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- New Insights on How Galaxies Are Formed
- Ultraviolet Radiation from Massive Stars Shapes Planetary Systems
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Astronomers Measure Heaviest Black Hole Pair Ever Found
- Astronomers Discover Heavy Elements After Bright Gamma-Ray Burst from Neutron Star Merger
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Webb Finds Evidence for Neutron Star at Heart of Young Supernova Remnant
- A New Beginning: The Search for More Temperate Tatooines
- Brightest and Fastest-Growing: Astronomers Identify Record-Breaking Quasar
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Friday, February 16, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- New Nuclei Can Help Shape Our Understanding of Fundamental Science on Earth and in the Cosmos
- A Star Like a Matryoshka Doll: New Theory for Gravastars
Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- A Long, Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Not So Far Away
- Newly Discovered Carbon Monoxide-Runaway Gap Can Help Identify Habitable Exoplanets
- Which Came First: Black Holes or Galaxies?
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- Bright Galaxies Put Dark Matter to the Test
- The Hottest Catalog of the Year: Comprehensive List of Slow-Building Solar Flares
Monday, January 29, 2024
- Staggering Structure in 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies
- Astronomers Spot 18 Black Holes Gobbling Up Nearby Stars
- Cosmic Building Blocks of Life Discovered Through the Electron Microscope
Friday, January 26, 2024
- Astronomers Unravel Mysteries of Planet Formation and Evolution in Distant Planetary System
- Stars Travel More Slowly at Milky Way's Edge
- 'Old Smokers' and 'squalling Newborns' Among Hidden Stars Spotted for First Time
Thursday, January 25, 2024
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- Lightest Black Hole or Heaviest Neutron Star? MeerKAT Uncovers a Mysterious Object in Milky Way
- Origin of Intense Light in Supermassive Black Holes and Tidal Disruption Events Revealed
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Astronomers Detect Oldest Black Hole Ever Observed
- Study Delivers Detailed Photos of Galaxies' Inner Structures
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Close Encounters of the Supermassive Black Hole Kind
- Our Surprising Magnetic Galaxy
- Surprise Gamma-Ray Feature Beyond Our Galaxy
- Astronomers Make Rare Exoplanet Discovery, and a Giant Leap in Detecting Earth-Like Bodies
- NASA's Webb Discovers Dusty 'cat's Tail' In Beta Pictoris System
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
- NASA's Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf
- 'Blob-Like' Home of Farthest-Known Fast Radio Burst Is Collection of Seven Galaxies
Monday, January 8, 2024
- Final Supernova Results from Dark Energy Survey Offer Unique Insights Into the Expansion of the Universe
- Three Iron Rings in a Planet-Forming Disk
- Space Oddity: Uncovering the Origin of the Universe's Rare Radio Circles