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Scientists have observed the creation of rare chemical elements in the second-brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen - casting new light on how heavy elements are made.
Oct 25th, 2023
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New NASA InSight research reveals a liquid silicate 'blanket' wrapped around Mars' core, leading to new clues about the planet's evolutionary history and the loss of its potential to sustain life.
Oct 25th, 2023
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An international team of astronomers has carried out what is believed to be the largest ever cosmological computer simulation, tracking not only dark but also ordinary matter (such as planets, stars and galaxies), giving us a glimpse into how our Universe may have evolved.
Oct 24th, 2023
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LIGO researchers report a significant advance in quantum squeezing, which allows them to measure undulations in space-time across the entire range of gravitational frequencies detected by LIGO.
Oct 23rd, 2023
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A new study leverages the NASA Exoplanet Archive and planetary system simulations to make narrowband SETI searches more efficient.
Oct 23rd, 2023
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The Siena Galaxy Atlas will be an invaluable tool for research into how galaxies form and evolve, gravitational waves, dark matter, and the structure of our universe.
Oct 21st, 2023
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Scientists report on their discovery of the most ancient and distant fast radio burst located to date, about eight billion years old. The discovery smashes the team's previous record by 50 per cent. It confirms that fast radio bursts can be used to measure the 'missing' matter between galaxies.
Oct 19th, 2023
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An advanced new three-dimensional (3D) computer simulation of the light emitted following a merger of two neutron stars has produced a similar sequence of spectroscopic features to an observed kilonova.
Oct 18th, 2023
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Researchers have produced the most comprehensive view of the history of the universe ever created. The study also offers new ideas about how our universe may have started.
Oct 18th, 2023
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One of the most exciting findings from NASA's Dawn mission is that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter, hosts complex organics.
Oct 16th, 2023
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Cosmic-ray extensive air showers observed by Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam with unprecedented precision.
Oct 13th, 2023
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Fast radio bursts from distant neutron stars resemble earthquakes rather than solar flares.
Oct 12th, 2023
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Astronomers report the sighting of two ice giant exoplanets colliding around a sun-like star, creating a blaze of light and plumes of dust.
Oct 11th, 2023
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Astronomers' results bolster hypothesis of how galaxy evolved.
Oct 11th, 2023
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ESA's Gaia provides many new and improved insights into our galaxy and beyond with the release of five new data products. Among other findings, the mission reveals half a million new and faint stars in a massive cluster.
Oct 10th, 2023
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The citizen science project GALAXY CRUISE has yielded its first scientific paper. The results show unambiguously that the star formation rate is enhanced in colliding galaxies.
Oct 10th, 2023
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The central question in the ongoing hunt for dark matter is: what is it made of? One possible answer is that dark matter consists of particles known as axions. A team of astrophysicists has now shown that if dark matter consists of axions, it may reveal itself in the form of a subtle additional glow coming from pulsating stars.
Oct 6th, 2023
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Scientists succeeded in capturing the conditions on the eve of planet formation, as the disk was smooth with no signature of planets. They also found that the dust had grown significantly in the outer part of the disk and that the dust concentration was higher than normal in the inner part of the disk.
Oct 6th, 2023
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