Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
A rare find - a 'warm Neptune' around a bright blue star - offers clues to the dearth of Hot Neptunes.
Aug 12th, 2022
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Betelgeuse recovers - for now
New observations of the red supergiant suggest that the 2019 mass ejection of its atmosphere might significantly affects its fate.
Aug 11th, 2022
Read moreSurprise, surprise: Subsurface water on Mars defy expectations
A new analysis of seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission has revealed a couple of surprises.
Aug 11th, 2022
Read moreOne more clue to the Moon's origin
Researchers report findings that show that the Moon inherited the indigenous noble gases of helium and neon from Earth's mantle. The discovery adds to the already strong constraints on the currently favoured 'Giant Impact' theory that hypothesizes the Moon was formed by a massive collision between Earth and another celestial body.
Aug 11th, 2022
Read moreDARPA project to give satellites a shared, optical language
New Space-BACN effort will enable communication between low orbiting satellites - both with each other and their partners on the ground.
Aug 10th, 2022
Read moreDo 'bouncing universes' have a beginning?
Some cosmological models propose that the universe expands and contracts in infinite cycles, but new research finds a crucial flaw in the latest version of this theory.
Aug 9th, 2022
Read moreFirst-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk
Scientists studying planet formation have made the first-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk. What's more, the detection also suggests the presence of a very young exoplanet.
Aug 9th, 2022
Read moreNo trace of dark matter halos
According to the standard model of cosmology, the vast majority of galaxies are surrounded by a halo of dark matter particles. This halo is invisible, but its mass exerts a strong gravitational pull on galaxies in the vicinity. A new study challenges this view of the Universe.
Aug 5th, 2022
Read moreTurning Martian air, dirt and sunlight into iron
Scientists have published the first detailed study of its kind on metal production on another planet.
Aug 5th, 2022
Read moreOut with a bang: Explosive neutron star merger captured for the first time in millimeter light
Scientists have for the first time recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star. The team also confirmed this flash of light to be one of the most energetic short-duration gamma-ray bursts ever observed.
Aug 3rd, 2022
Read moreWebb 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
Read moreMore 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
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