Metal scar found on cannibal star
White dwarfs cannibalize planets, leaving scars. Their magnetic fields play a key role, dragging planetary debris onto the stellar surface.
Feb 26th, 2024
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White dwarfs cannibalize planets, leaving scars. Their magnetic fields play a key role, dragging planetary debris onto the stellar surface.
Feb 26th, 2024
Read morePhysicists successfully detect weak gravitational pull on a tiny particle with new technique that uses levitating magnets.
Feb 23rd, 2024
Read moreScientists can finally show that a neutron star formed from our most well-studied supernova, SN 1987A. The breakthrough was made possible thanks to the James Webb telescope.
Feb 22nd, 2024
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Feb 20th, 2024
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Read moreTheoretical physicists present a solution to the field equations of general relativity that describes the existence of a gravastar inside another gravastar.
Feb 15th, 2024
Read moreResearchers show that the SETI Ellipsoid method can leverage continuous, wide-field sky surveys, significantly enhancing our ability to detect these potential signals.
Feb 12th, 2024
Read moreSimulations provide a potential explanation for the mysterious gap in the size distribution of super-Earths.
Feb 9th, 2024
Read moreAstronomers have made a significant discovery by identifying a previously unknown source of dust in the universe: a Type Ia supernova interacting with gas from its surroundings.
Feb 9th, 2024
Read moreAstrophysicists enhanced the accuracy of measuring matter distribution in galaxy clusters, validating the Lambda-CDM theory on the universe's structure and evolution by combining observational data and high-resolution simulations.
Feb 8th, 2024
Read moreSaturn's smallest major moon Mimas could be hiding an ocean beneath it's cratered body.
Feb 7th, 2024
Read moreAstrophysicists have finally solved a 20-year-old astrophysical puzzle concerning the lower-than-expected amounts of the element sulphur found in planetary nebulae in comparison to expectations and measurements of other elements and other types of astrophysical objects.
Feb 7th, 2024
Read moreA carbon monoxide runaway gap identified in the atmospheres of Earth-like planets can help expand the search for habitable planets. This gap, identified through atmospheric modeling, is an indicator of a CO-rich atmosphere on Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars.
Feb 6th, 2024
Read moreBlack holes not only existed at the dawn of time, they birthed new stars and supercharged galaxy formation, a new analysis of James Webb Space Telescope data suggests.
Feb 6th, 2024
Read moreTheoretical predictions have been confirmed with the discovery of an outflow of molecular gas from a quasar when the Universe was less than a billion years old.
Feb 1st, 2024
Read moreAstronomers recently resolved the jet base of an evolving jet of plasma at ultra-high angular resolution.
Feb 1st, 2024
Read moreIf cold dark matter theories are correct, Webb Space Telescope should find tiny, bright galaxies of early universe.
Jan 31st, 2024
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