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The search for planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy has revealed an extraordinary family of planets whose orbits are so carefully timed that they provide long-term stability for their planetary system.
May 12th, 2016
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Sorry, E.T. lovers, but the results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby's star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a vast shell called a Dyson sphere.
May 9th, 2016
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A new study has cleared the air on what lies behind hot dust visible in the distant universe.
May 6th, 2016
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The discovery by a physics doctoral student of the second-strongest merger shock in clusters of galaxies ever observed has generated excitement that is opening doors to further scientific exploration.
May 4th, 2016
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Earlier this year scientists presented evidence for Planet Nine, a Neptune-mass planet in an elliptical orbit 10 times farther from our Sun than Pluto. Since then theorists have puzzled over how this planet could end up in such a distant orbit.
May 3rd, 2016
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Currently the best place to search for life beyond the solar system.
May 3rd, 2016
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Active features observed on the surface of Mars could be the result of liquid water boiling whilst flowing under the low pressure of a thin atmosphere, according to a new study.
May 3rd, 2016
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Astronomers have shown that a record-breaking neutrino seen around the same time likely was born in the same event.
Apr 29th, 2016
Read moreAnalysis of exploding star's light curve and color spectrum reveal spectacular demise of one of the closest supernova to Earth in recent years; its parent star was so big it's radius was 200 times larger than our sun.
Apr 27th, 2016
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The surface of Mars has been shown in unprecedented detail by scientists using a revolutionary image stacking and matching technique.
Apr 26th, 2016
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Most of the cosmic rays that we detect at Earth originated relatively recently in nearby clusters of massive stars, according to new results from NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft.
Apr 22nd, 2016
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BURST code probes first minutes after the Big Bang for fundamental insights.
Apr 21st, 2016
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Astronomers show that the atmospheres of super-Earths are blown away by radiation from their host stars.
Apr 18th, 2016
Read moreNASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made a tantalizing discovery associated with the first-ever detection of gravitational waves. A burst of X-ray light may have been the flash produced when two black holes collided.
Apr 18th, 2016
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Approximately two million years ago a star exploded in a supernova close to our solar system: Its traces can still be found today in the form of an iron isotope found on the ocean floor. Now scientists have found increased concentrations of this supernova-iron in lunar samples as well.
Apr 14th, 2016
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Understanding the physics of galaxy formation is arguably among the greatest problems in modern astrophysics. A newly formed research group investigates the impact of cosmic rays on galaxy and cluster formation.
Apr 13th, 2016
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Scientists are set to use computer models to investigate the results of experimental testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville to develop an engineering tool to design missions using a new type of long-distance space propulsion.
Apr 12th, 2016
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Astronomers report on a technological upgrade for one method of finding planets or confirming other planetary detections.
Apr 11th, 2016
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