Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large
Theory of loop quantum cosmology describes how tiny primordial features account for anomalies at the largest scales of the universe.
Jul 29th, 2020
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Theory of loop quantum cosmology describes how tiny primordial features account for anomalies at the largest scales of the universe.
Jul 29th, 2020
Read moreScientists find remnant of strange dismembered star cluster at Galaxy's edge.
Jul 29th, 2020
Read moreThe method involves what could be labelled a quantum-mechanical interference.
Jul 29th, 2020
Read moreSuperCam will examine the chemistry and mineralogy of rocks on Mars.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreAn international research team has presented a new look inside the 'central engine' of a solar flare accompanied by an eruption, revealing an enormous electric current 'sheet', offering the first measurements characterizing the magnetic field.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read morePhysicists reconfigure a distance-calculation technique built around empirical observations.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreStudy suggests the rare objects likely came from an early planetesimal with a magnetic core.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreDark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the whole universe, and it pushes galaxies away from each other. This is making our cosmos expand at an accelerated rate. But what is it?
Jul 23rd, 2020
Read moreWhy don't planets collide more often? How do planetary systems organize themselves? Of all of the possible ways planets could orbit, how many configurations will remain stable over the billions of years of a star's life cycle?
Jul 23rd, 2020
Read moreThe European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has taken the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets.
Jul 22nd, 2020
Read moreSpiral galaxies such as our Milky Way can have sprawling magnetic fields. New data suggest that star formation and star explosions, so-called supernovae, are responsible for the visible structures.
Jul 21st, 2020
Read moreThe rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable 'Goldilocks zone' in a distant solar system.
Jul 21st, 2020
Read moreNew 3D model provides evidence that Venus is churning inside.
Jul 20th, 2020
Read moreThe Sloan Digital Sky Survey publishes a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the Universe ever created.
Jul 20th, 2020
Read moreMost spiral galaxies, like Milky Way, have a warped disk, which is like a potato chip in the outer disk. But the origin of warp is still a mystery for astrophysicists.
Jul 20th, 2020
Read moreFor the past decade, an international team of astronomers has been mapping the distribution of galaxies around the Milky Way. They have discovered an immense structure beyond Laniakea, an immense supercluster of galaxies, including our own. Astronomers have dubbed the newly identified structure the South Pole Wall.
Jul 20th, 2020
Read moreThe discovery provides clues for understanding the star nursery from which the Sun emerged.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read moreThe first images from ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter are now available to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun.
Jul 17th, 2020
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