In a first, astronomers spot a star swallowing a planet
Scientists have observed hints of stars just before, and shortly after, the act of consuming entire planets, but they have never caught one in the act until now.
May 4th, 2023
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Can ET detect us?
What would the Earth look like to an alien civilization located light years away?
May 3rd, 2023
Read moreOn the trail of a mysterious force in space
An initial study of dark energy with eROSITA indicates that it is uniformly distributed in space and time.
May 3rd, 2023
Read moreDoubling the number of sources of repeating fast radio bursts
A team of astronomers has discovered 25 new sources of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs), these explosions in the sky that come from far beyond the Milky Way. This discovery brings the total number of confirmed FRB sources to 50.
Apr 29th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers image for the first time a black hole expelling a powerful jet
An international team of scientists has used new millimeter-wavelength observations to produce an image that shows, for the first time, both the ring-like accretion structure around a black hole, where matter falls into the black hole, and the black hole's associated powerful relativistic jet.
Apr 26th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers solve the 60-year mystery of quasars - the most powerful objects in the Universe
Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars - the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe - by discovering that they are ignited by galaxies colliding.
Apr 26th, 2023
Read moreScientists discover rare element in exoplanet's atmosphere
The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time. The researchers have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them in more detail.
Apr 26th, 2023
Read moreAstrophysicists reveal the nature of dark matter through the study of crinkles in spacetime
A team of astrophysicists has provided the most direct evidence yet that Dark Matter does not constitute ultramassive particles as is commonly thought but instead comprises particles so light that they travel through space like waves.
Apr 25th, 2023
Read moreSupermassive black hole tears apart a giant star in a display brighter, more energetic and longer lasting than any observed before
'Scary Barbie' is the affectionate nickname astronomers are calling one of the most energetic and luminous transients ever observed: a supermassive black hole tearing apart a massive star.
Apr 25th, 2023
Read moreHow to land on a planet safely
Simulations capture the interaction between a rocket plume and the surface and find ways to make planetary descents and ascents safer.
Apr 25th, 2023
Read moreNew stellar danger to planets identified by NASA's Chandra program
An exploded star can pose more risks to nearby planets than previously thought, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes.
Apr 21st, 2023
Read moreThe largest cosmic blast ever, pinpointed
Astronomers pinpointed the location of the brightest cosmic explosion ever recorded was pinpointed at 2.4 billion light years from Earth.
Apr 13th, 2023
Read moreQuantum 'magic' could help explain the origin of spacetime
Physicists relate the quantum property of 'magic' to the chaotic nature of black holes for the first time.
Apr 13th, 2023
Read moreNew findings that map the universe's cosmic growth support Einstein's theory of gravity
Research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration has culminated in a significant breakthrough in understanding the evolution of the universe.
Apr 11th, 2023
Read moreScientists map gusty winds in a far-off neutron star system
Astronomers have mapped the 'disk winds' associated with the accretion disk around Hercules X-1, a system in which a neutron star is drawing material away from a sun-like star. The findings may offer clues to how supermassive black holes shape entire galaxies.
Apr 10th, 2023
Read moreGravitational waves could indicate transition to strange quark matter
Telltale signatures in gravitational-wave signals from merging neutron stars should reveal what happens to matter at the extreme pressures generated during such mergers.
Apr 10th, 2023
Read moreHow to see the invisible: Using the dark matter distribution to test our cosmological model
A team of astrophysicists has measured a value for the 'clumpiness' of the universe's dark matter that suggests the standard cosmological model might need to be revised.
Apr 8th, 2023
Read moreWebb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A
Glowing dust and elements display complex structures that are challenging for scientists to explain.
Apr 7th, 2023
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