Webb captures stellar gymnastics in the Cartwheel Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy's central black hole.
Aug 2nd, 2022
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More supernova dust in the solar system
Ion probe studies and improved stellar nucleosynthesis models are providing new insights into our solar system's stardust.
Aug 2nd, 2022
Read moreScientists reveal distribution of dark matter around galaxies 12 billion years ago - further back in time than ever before
New findings offer the tantalizing possibility that the fundamental rules of cosmology may differ when examining the early history of our universe.
Aug 1st, 2022
Read moreSuper-Earth skimming habitable zone of red dwarf
A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth. This is the first discovery by a new instrument on the Subaru Telescope and offers a chance to investigate the possibility of life on planets around nearby stars.
Aug 1st, 2022
Read moreSpace study offers clearest understanding yet of the life cycle of supermassive black holes
Research uses X-ray telescopes and a new data analysis technique to describe space objects.
Jul 26th, 2022
Read moreMeasuring the universe with star-shattering explosions
Researchers analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant universe.
Jul 22nd, 2022
Read moreWhy Jupiter doesn't have rings like Saturn
Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky.
Jul 21st, 2022
Read moreAI-assisted analysis of three-dimensional galaxy distribution in our universe
A neural network method machine-learning technique has enabled researchers to develop a very fast and highly efficient software program that can make theoretical predictions about structure formation in the universe.
Jul 21st, 2022
Read moreA new method to detect exoplanets
Astronomers suggest a new way of detecting dim bodies, including planets, orbiting exotic binary stars known as Cataclysmic Variables.
Jul 20th, 2022
Read more'Black hole police' discover a dormant black hole outside our galaxy
A team of international experts, renowned for debunking several black hole discoveries, have found a stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbour galaxy to our own.
Jul 18th, 2022
Read moreRewinding a supernova with machine learning
New work looks at using machine learning to decipher the early stages of supernovae explosions by reconstructing the light emitted during the outburst.
Jul 14th, 2022
Read moreCyborg collaboration finds 40,000 ring galaxies
The discovery of 40,000 rare ring-shaped galaxies is six times more than previously known. Rings take billions of years to form and are destroyed in galaxy-galaxy collisions, and so this giant new sample will help reveal how isolated galaxies evolve.
Jul 14th, 2022
Read moreAstronomers detect a radio 'heartbeat' billions of light-years from Earth
The clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts may originate from a distant neutron star.
Jul 13th, 2022
Read moreJames Webb Telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show - and how it will change astronomy
Nasa released the first science observations made by the suite of instruments carried on board the James Webb telescope, marking what we eagerly anticipate will be the beginning of a new era in astronomy.
Jul 12th, 2022
Read moreIn its first published image, Webb telescope delivers deepest infrared image of universe yet
Webb's sharp near-infrared view brought out faint structures in extremely distant galaxies, offering the most detailed view of the early universe to date.
Jul 12th, 2022
Read moreThe ultimate fate of a star shredded by a black hole
In 2019 tidal disruption, much of star's mass ended up in symmetrical cloud that hid black hole.
Jul 12th, 2022
Read moreBlack Hole Hunters - A citizen science search for black hole self-lensing
A research team is asking for the public's help to find some of the most mysterious, elusive objects in the Universe - black holes. By examining data from the SuperWASP survey, the team hope to detect changes in starlight that may provide evidence for the existence of these black holes.
Jul 11th, 2022
Read moreBuilding blocks for RNA-based life abound at center of our galaxy
Key precursors for life on Earth are abundant in interstellar Molecular Clouds and could have reached Earth inside meteors and comets.
Jul 8th, 2022
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