Getting the thick and thin on the Milky-Way's evolution
The Milky Way may have evolved in different phases, beginning with the formation of disk stellar populations about thirteen billion years ago, scientists suggest.
Mar 23rd, 2022
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The Milky Way may have evolved in different phases, beginning with the formation of disk stellar populations about thirteen billion years ago, scientists suggest.
Mar 23rd, 2022
Read moreWhite dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the Sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their fuel. These interstellar remnants have historically been difficult to study. However, a recent study reveals new information about the movement patterns of these puzzling stars.
Mar 23rd, 2022
Read moreThe Apophis asteroid was discovered in 2004 and has been monitored since then due to its classification as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA), as it was estimated that it would have a 2% chance of hitting Earth.
Mar 22nd, 2022
Read moreScientists report transgenic lettuce that produces a bone-stimulating hormone. Someday, astronauts could grow the lettuce in space and help guard against bone loss - simply by eating a big bowl of salad.
Mar 22nd, 2022
Read moreWe now have the clearest image of the latest mysterious object in our known universe, odd radio circles (or ORCs). ORCs are so faint, rare and far away, that it takes the world's most advanced radio telescopes to find and describe them.
Mar 21st, 2022
Read moreThe location matched exactly with a dense cluster of very old stars, known as a globular cluster.
Mar 19th, 2022
Read moreResearch conducted aboard the International Space Station is helping scientists answer questions about the formation of the universe and origins of life on Earth.
Mar 18th, 2022
Read moreBy amassing in high-density regions, dust grains avoid drifting toward the star they are orbiting.
Mar 18th, 2022
Read moreResearchers have developed advanced microelectronics that are resistant to harsh radiation in space and other environments. The microelectronics were tested with a high energy microprobe technology that can simulate the effects of space radiation.
Mar 18th, 2022
Read moreScientists propose using the variations in distance between the Earth and the Moon, which can be measured with a precision of less than a centimeter, as a new gravitational wave detector within a frequency range that current devices cannot detect.
Mar 17th, 2022
Read moreAided by microbes found in the subarctic conditions of Canada's Hudson Bay, an international team of scientists has created the first color catalog of icy planet surface signatures to uncover the existence of life in the cosmos.
Mar 15th, 2022
Read moreA new study suggests the comet has two internal reservoirs that make it seem like there's more oxygen than is actually there.
Mar 14th, 2022
Read moreEvidence suggests surface minerals of outer main-belt asteroids, proposed to have sourced building blocks of Earth's water and life, are only stable at low temperatures. These asteroids formed in distant orbits and may help explain Earth's composition.
Mar 12th, 2022
Read moreAstronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole binary system, one of only two known such systems. The two black holes, which orbit each other, likely weigh 100 million suns each.
Mar 11th, 2022
Read moreA cutting-edge nuclear thermal propulsion rocket engine using what's called centrifugal liquid fuel bubble-through could one day be a ticket for NASA to go directly into deep space.
Mar 11th, 2022
Read moreGamma ray observatory H.E.S.S. reveals a cosmic particle acceleration process in unprecedented detail.
Mar 10th, 2022
Read moreThe Dragonfly telescope is undergoing a metamorphosis. For the past decade, the Dragonfly Telephoto Array has conducted groundbreaking science by detecting faint starlight within dimly lit parts of the night sky. The telescope uses clusters of telephoto lenses to create images, much the way a dragonfly's eyes gather visual data. Now Dragonfly is setting its sights on extragalactic gas.
Mar 10th, 2022
Read moreNew modelling work provides deep insight into how an Earth-like planet orbiting the Sun-like stars closest to us, the ? Centauri A/B binary, would look like, should it exist.
Mar 10th, 2022
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