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May 7, 2024
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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 1, 2024 A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the ...
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. 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 it imposes an odd 'wobbling' motion on the companion ...
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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 ...
May 6, 2024 New discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth's own space environment and influence a long-running scientific debate about the solar system's largest ...
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 2, 2024 Recent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study challenges this finding, but also outlines how 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 ...
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 why ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Samples reveal evidence of changes experienced by the surface of asteroid Ryugu, some probably due to micrometeoroid ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers co-led a study that will improve the detection of gravitational waves--ripples in space and ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 A new study has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth's magnetic field, and found that it appears remarkably similar to the field surrounding Earth ...
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 Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about the potential for life on other ...
Apr. 22, 2024 Simulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study finds. Such disturbances could negatively affect the physiology and performance of astronauts in ...
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. 19, 2024 Researchers have found that modern weather models can accurately predict the energy that Earth emits and reflects into space, which directly affects the movements of low Earth-orbiting (LEO) ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold and isolated world. The findings suggest that this brown dwarf might generate aurorae similar to ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Scientists have developed a new method using knot theory to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to waste ...
Apr. 16, 2024 In an approach they call 'nanostitching,' engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. The advance could lead to next-generation airplanes and ...
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. 15, 2024 The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists. The team is the first to successfully reproduce the ...
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 ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Researchers Find Oldest Undisputed Evidence of Earth's Magnetic Field
- Eruption of Mega-Magnetic Star Lights Up Nearby Galaxy
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
- To Find Life in the Universe, Look to Deadly Venus
- Simulated Microgravity Affects Sleep and Physiological Rhythms
- 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
Friday, April 19, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Astronomers Uncover Methane Emission on a Cold Brown Dwarf
- 'Tube Map' Around Planets and Moons Made Possible by Knot Theory
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- 'Nanostitches' Enable Lighter and Tougher Composite Materials
- No Gamma Rays Seen Coming from Nearby Supernova
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
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- The Hidden Role of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian Mythology
- Study Shedding New Light on Earth's Global Carbon Cycle Could Help Assess Liveability of Other Planets
Monday, April 8, 2024
- How the Moon Turned Itself Inside out
- Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Meteorites
- 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
- Astronomy: How Do Brown Dwarfs Form?
- CHEOPS Detects a 'rainbow' On an Exoplanet
- 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
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Long-Period Oscillations Control the Sun's Differential Rotation
- 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
- Distant 'space Snowman' Unlocks Mystery of How Some Dormant Deep Space Objects Become 'ice Bombs'
- Turbulence Within Solar Transients Imaged
- '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
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Signs of Life Would Be Detectable in Single Ice Grain Emitted from Extraterrestrial Moons
- James Webb Space Telescope Captures the End of Planet Formation
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Two of the Milky Way's Earliest Building Blocks Identified
- Secrets of the Van Allen Belt Revealed in New Study
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- High School Students Contribute to Exoplanet Discovery
- Icy Impacts: Planetary Scientists Use Physics and Images of Impact Craters to Gauge the Thickness of Ice on Europa
- Scientists Find One of the Most Ancient Stars That Formed in Another Galaxy
- Quantum Tornado Provides Gateway to Understanding Black Holes
- Pioneering Muscle Monitoring in Space to Help Astronauts Stay Strong in Low-Gravity
- Astrophysicist's Research Could Provide a Hint in the Search for Dark Matter
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
- New Research Suggests That Our Universe Has No Dark Matter
- Protein Fragments ID Two New 'extremophile' Microbes--and May Help Find Alien Life
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Surprising Insights About Debris Flows on Mars
- Ancient Ice May Still Exist in Distant Space Objects, Researchers Find
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- AI for Astrophysics: Algorithms Help Chart the Origins of Heavy Elements
- Cheers! NASA's Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
- Do Astronauts Experience 'space Headaches'?
- Explaining a Supernova's 'string of Pearls'
- Giant Volcano Discovered on Mars
- Satellites for Quantum Communications
- Study Brings Scientists a Step Closer to Successfully Growing Plants in Space
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Scientists Propose New Theory That Explains Sand Ripples on Mars and on Earth
- Ultrablack Coating Could Make Next-Gen Telescopes Even Better
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Giving Particle Detectors a Boost
- 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
- Pushing the Boundary on Ultralow Frequency Gravitational Waves
- CSI in Space: Analyzing Bloodstain Patterns in Microgravity
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Interstellar Signal Linked to Aliens Was Actually Just a Truck
- Baby Quasars: Growing Supermassive Black Holes
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
- Space Tourism? Cosmic Radiation Exposure
- 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
- Juno Spacecraft Measures Oxygen Production on Jupiter's Moon, Europa
Monday, March 4, 2024
- JWST Captures the End of Planet Formation
- Webb Unlocks Secrets of One of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen
- Study Determines the Original Orientations of Rocks Drilled on Mars
Friday, March 1, 2024
- New Insights on How Galaxies Are Formed
- Ultraviolet Radiation from Massive Stars Shapes Planetary Systems
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Ice Shell Thickness Reveals Water Temperature on Ocean Worlds
- Astronomers Measure Heaviest Black Hole Pair Ever Found
- Astronomers Reveal a New Link Between Water and Planet Formation
- Astronomers Discover Heavy Elements After Bright Gamma-Ray Burst from Neutron Star Merger
- Could Fiber Optic Cable Help Scientists Probe the Deep Layers of the Moon?
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- 'Cosmic Lighthouses' That Cleared Primordial Fog Identified With JWST
- Biomolecules from Formaldehyde on Ancient Mars