Massive gas clouds escape center of Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered over 250 gaseous clouds being blasted out of the center of the Milky Way into interstellar space.
Jan 11th, 2024
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Missing link found: Supernovae give rise to black holes or neutron stars
Scientists have found a direct link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and the formation of the most compact and enigmatic objects in the Universe: black holes and neutron stars.
Jan 10th, 2024
Read moreWebb finds signs of possible aurorae on isolated brown dwarf
Astronomers have found a brown dwarf with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy in its upper atmosphere. This is an unexpected discovery because the brown dwarf, W1935, is cold and lacks a host star.
Jan 10th, 2024
Read more'Blob-like' home of farthest-known fast radio burst is collection of seven galaxies
Astronomers find fast radio burst originated not in one galaxy but a group of galaxies on the path to a possible merger.
Jan 9th, 2024
Read moreFinal supernova results from Dark Energy Survey offer unique insights into the expansion of the universe
In the culmination of a decade's worth of effort, the DES collaboration of scientists analyzed an unprecedented sample of more than 1,500 supernovae classified using machine learning.
Jan 9th, 2024
Read moreDiamond rain in the universe probably more widespread than previously assumed
A new experiment has shown that the formation of diamonds from carbon compounds occurs at lower pressures and temperatures than previously assumed.
Jan 8th, 2024
Read moreThree iron rings in a planet-forming disk
A three-ringed structure in the planet-forming zone of a circumstellar disk where metals and minerals serve as a reservoir of planetary building blocks.
Jan 8th, 2024
Read moreNew images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like
Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue and Uranus green - but a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in colour than typically thought.
Jan 6th, 2024
Read moreMysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus revealed
Researchers may have identified the missing component in the chemistry of the Venusian clouds that would explain their colour and splotchiness in the UV range, solving a long-standing mystery.
Jan 5th, 2024
Read moreFurther evidence for quark-matter cores in massive neutron stars
New theoretical analysis places the likelihood of massive neutron stars hiding cores of deconfined quark matter between 80 and 90 percent. The result was reached through massive supercomputer runs utilizing Bayesian statistical inference.
Dec 28th, 2023
Read moreThe goldmine of a neutron star collision
International research team models the different signatures of a kilonova explosion simultaneously for the first time.
Dec 22nd, 2023
Read moreStudying a million galaxies to find out how the universe began
Researchers have analyzed more than one million galaxies to explore primordial fluctuations that seeded the formation of the structure of the entire universe.
Dec 22nd, 2023
Read morePancake stack of films on a balloon most accurate gamma-ray telescope
A pancake stack of radioactivity-sensitive films carried through the sky by a balloon was able to take the world's most accurate picture of a neutron star's gamma ray beam.
Dec 22nd, 2023
Read moreOrganic compounds in asteroids formed in colder regions of space
Analysis of organic compounds - called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) - extracted from the Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite has found that certain PAHs likely formed in the cold areas of space between stars rather than in hot regions near stars as was previously thought.
Dec 22nd, 2023
Read moreAstronomers detect seismic ripples in ancient galactic disk
A new snapshot of an ancient, far-off galaxy could help scientists understand how it formed and the origins of our own Milky Way.
Dec 22nd, 2023
Read moreScientists measure the distance to stars by their music
A team of astronomers has used asteroseismology, or the study of stellar oscillations, to accurately measure the distance of stars from the Earth. Their research examined thousands of stars and checked the measurements taken during the Gaia mission to study the near Universe.
Dec 15th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers discover first population of binary stripped stars
New findings confirm existence of hot helium stars long-thought to be at the heart of hydrogen-poor supernovae and neutron star mergers.
Dec 15th, 2023
Read moreUnexpected chemistry reveals cosmic star factories' secrets
Using powerful telescopes to split two galaxies' light into individual colors, scientists were amazed to discover light from many different molecules - more than ever before at such distances.
Dec 14th, 2023
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