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Blinded by the light: gamma ray burst brighter than any seen before

Astronomers have provided vital information in the global effort to understand the brightest-ever detected gamma ray burst, which swept through our Solar System in October last year.

March 28, 2023 Read more

Webb telescope measures the temperature of a rocky exoplanet

An international team of researchers has used the James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b. The measurement is based on the planet's thermal emission: heat energy given off in the form of infrared light detected by Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

March 28, 2023 Read more

Researchers find new water reservoir on Moon

Scientists have discovered that impact glass beads present in the Chang'e-5 lunar soil samples contain water.

March 28, 2023 Read more

How football-shaped molecules occur in the universe

For a long time it has been suspected that fullerene and its derivatives could form naturally in the universe. An international team of researchers has now shown how this reaction works.

March 27, 2023 Read more

The search for the missing gravitational signal

A new study proposes an array of interferometers in space to detect subtle fluctuations in the background gravitational signals that may reveal the secrets of black hole mergers.

March 27, 2023 Read more

Neutron star that behaves like a black hole discovered

Researchers have found a neutron star that captures matter from a companion star in a violent and unstable process. This process, previously observed only in very bright black holes, opens the door to new insights into the behaviour of stars.

March 27, 2023 Read more

Project to 3D print batteries from lunar and Martian soil

A project led by NASA plans to leverage 3D-printing processes with the aim of manufacturing rechargeable batteries using lunar and Martian regolith, which is the top layer of materials that covers the surface of the moon and Mars.

March 23, 2023 Read more

Artificial intelligence discovers secret equation for 'weighing' galaxy clusters

Astrophysicists have leveraged artificial intelligence to uncover a better way to estimate the mass of colossal clusters of galaxies. The AI discovered that by just adding a simple term to an existing equation, scientists can produce far better mass estimates than they previously had.

March 23, 2023 Read more

Searching for life with space dust

A proposed way to search for alien life using tiny rocks ejected from other worlds.

March 23, 2023 Read more

AI finds that first stars were clustered together

An international team has used artificial intelligence to analyze the chemical abundances of old stars and found indications that the very first stars in the Universe were born in groups rather than as isolated single stars.

March 23, 2023 Read more

Is 'Oumuamua's odd propulsion a hydrogen fart?

Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object found moving through our solar system, may be propelled by hydrogen gas produced by ice reserves according to international researchers.

March 22, 2023 Read more

Webb spots swirling, gritty clouds on remote planet

Weather report: Expect scattered, patchy clouds made up of silicates on planet VHS 1256 b.

March 22, 2023 Read more

Ultra-lightweight multifunctional space skin created to withstand extreme conditions in space

A new nano-barrier coating could help protect ultra-lightweight carbon composite materials from extreme conditions in space.

March 22, 2023 Read more

Galaxy changes classification as jet changes direction

A team of international astronomers have discovered a galaxy that has changed classification due to unique activity within its core. The galaxy, named PBC J2333.9-2343, was previously classified as a radio galaxy, but the new research has revealed otherwise.

March 21, 2023 Read more

Scientists find a common thread linking subatomic color glass condensate and massive black holes

Physicists show that black holes and dense state of gluons - the 'glue' particles that hold nuclear matter together - share common features.

March 21, 2023 Read more

Life on distant moons

Researchers from the fields of astrophysics, astrochemistry and biochemistry have now determined in a novel, interdisciplinary collaboration the necessary properties that allow moons around free-floating planets to retain liquid water for a sufficiently long time and thus enable life.

March 20, 2023 Read more

The multiverse: our universe is suspiciously unlikely to exist - unless it is one of many

It's easy to envisage other universes, governed by slightly different laws of physics, in which no intelligent life, nor indeed any kind of organised complex systems, could arise. Should we therefore be surprised that a universe exists in which we were able to emerge?

March 15, 2023 Read more

Largest catalog of exploding stars now available

The largest data release of relatively nearby supernovae (colossal explosions of stars), containing three years of data from thePan-STARRS telescope is publicly available via the Young Supernova Experiment (YSE).

March 15, 2023 Read more