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Astrophysicists map out the light energy contained within the Milky Way
For the first time, a team of scientists have calculated the distribution of all light energy contained within the Milky Way, which will provide new insight into the make-up of our galaxy and how stars in spiral galaxies such as ours form.
July 28, 2017 Read more
Cosmologists produce new maps of dark matter dynamics
New maps of dark matter dynamics in the Universe have been produced by a team of international cosmologists.
July 25, 2017 Read more
Booze in space: how the universe is absolutely drowning in the hard stuff
The universe is awash with alcohol. In the gas that occupies the space between the stars, the hard stuff is almost all-pervasive. What is it doing there? Is it time to send out some big rockets to start collecting it?
July 24, 2017 Read more
Flashes of light on the dark matter
A web that passes through infinite intergalactic spaces, a dense cosmic forest illuminated by very distant lights and a huge enigma to solve. These are the picturesque ingredients of a scientific research that adds an important element for understanding one of the fundamental components of our Universe: the dark matter.
July 21, 2017 Read more
How do you work out if a signal from space is a message from aliens?
How do you work out if a strange signal from space really is a message from aliens? The simple answer is that you have to rule out everything else first and only then can you think it may be aliens.
July 18, 2017 Read more
How giant atoms may help catch gravitational waves from the Big Bang
A research group in the UK thinks that atoms may have an edge in detecting elusive, high-frequency gravitational waves.
July 17, 2017 Read more
Six mysteries of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Despite the fact that the spot is so familiar to most of us, there's a lot that astronomers still don't understand about it. The new Juno observations may finally begin to unravel its mysteries.
July 13, 2017 Read more
Shedding light on galaxies' rotation secrets
Spiral galaxies are strongly rotating whereas the rotation velocity of ellipticals is much lower. A new study investigates the reasons of such a dichotomy revealing that it is imprinted at formation.
July 13, 2017 Read more
Complex gas motion in the centre of the Milky Way
The comprehensive new model finally makes it possible to conclusively explain this complex gas motion.
July 13, 2017 Read more
New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis
Astronomers have used a novel technique to analyse the orbits of the so-called extreme trans-Neptunian objects and, once again, they point out that there is something perturbing them: a planet located at a distance between 300 to 400 times the Earth-Sun separation.
July 12, 2017 Read more
Spiky ferrofluid thrusters can move satellites
Researchers have created a new computational model of an electrospray thruster using ionic liquid ferrofluid - a promising technology for propelling small satellites through space.
July 11, 2017 Read more
Astronomers track the birth of a 'super-earth'
'Synthetic observations' simulating nascent planetary systems could help explain a puzzle that has vexed astronomers for a long time.
July 11, 2017 Read more
Heart of an exploded star observed in 3-D
Supernova forges billowing, tangled knots of new molecules.
July 10, 2017 Read more
Hidden lake discovery sheds light on alien hunt
Evidence of new strains of bacteria in a lake hidden under an Icelandic glacier far from the sun has revealed how life might thrive in sub-surface oceans on the icy moons around Saturn and Jupiter.
July 7, 2017 Read more
Hubble pushed beyond limits to spot clumps of new stars in distant galaxy
By applying a new computational analysis to a galaxy magnified by a gravitational lens, astronomers have obtained images 10 times sharper than what Hubble could achieve on its own. The results show an edge-on disk galaxy studded with brilliant patches of newly formed stars.
July 6, 2017 Read more
Intelligent life may guide the evolution of the cosmos - here's how
Does humanity exist to serve some ultimate, transcendent purpose? Conventional scientific wisdom says no. One scientists believes otherwise.
July 6, 2017 Read more
Calm lakes on Titan could mean smooth landing for future space probes
New research has found that most waves on Titan's lakes reach only about 1 centimeter high, a finding that indicates a serene environment that could be good news for future probes sent to the surface of that moon.
July 5, 2017 Read more
Fastest stars in the Milky Way are 'runaways' from another galaxy
A group of astronomers have shown that the fastest-moving stars in our galaxy - which are travelling so fast that they can escape the Milky Way - are in fact runaways from a much smaller galaxy in orbit around our own.
July 5, 2017 Read more