Astronomers observe the first radiation belt seen outside of our solar system
High-resolution imaging of radio emissions from an ultracool dwarf show a double-lobed structure like the radiation belts of Jupiter.
May 15th, 2023
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Webb finds water, and a new mystery, in rare main belt comet
Using Webb's NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument, astronomers have confirmed gas - specifically water vapor - around a comet in the main asteroid belt for the first time, indicating that water ice from the primordial solar system can be preserved in that region.
May 15th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers discover twisted fields around mysterious fast radio burst
Learn about FRB 20190520B, the first continuously active repeating FRB, and its significant implications for the fields of astronomy and physics.
May 12th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen
The explosion is more than ten times brighter than any known supernova and three times brighter than the brightest tidal disruption event, where a star falls into a supermassive black hole.
May 12th, 2023
Read moreHidden supermassive black holes brought to life by galaxies on collision course
Astronomers have found that supermassive black holes obscured by dust are more likely to grow and release tremendous amounts of energy when they are inside galaxies that are expected to collide with a neighbouring galaxy.
May 11th, 2023
Read moreResearchers find new approach to explore earliest universe dynamics with gravitational waves
Researchers have discovered a new generic production mechanism of gravitational waves generated by a phenomenon known as oscillons, which can originate in many cosmological theories from the fragmentation into solitonic 'lumps' of the inflaton field that drove the early Universe's rapid expansion.
May 11th, 2023
Read moreGalactic bubbles are more complex than imagined
Astronomers have revealed new evidence about the properties of the giant bubbles of high-energy gas that extend far above and below the Milky Way galaxy's center.
May 9th, 2023
Read moreWebb looks for Fomalhaut's asteroid belt and finds much more
Astronomers imaged the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study the first asteroid belt ever seen outside of our solar system in infrared light. But to their surprise, the dusty structures are much more complex than the asteroid and Kuiper dust belts of our solar system.
May 8th, 2023
Read morePrecision mass measurements of nuclei reveal neutron star properties
Scientists measured the masses of several key nuclei with high-precision by employing a state-of-the-art storage-ring mass spectrometry technique. Using the new mass data, they investigated X-ray bursts on the surface of a neutron star, thus deepening the understanding of neutron star properties.
May 5th, 2023
Read moreIn a first, astronomers spot a star swallowing a planet
Scientists have observed hints of stars just before, and shortly after, the act of consuming entire planets, but they have never caught one in the act until now.
May 4th, 2023
Read moreCan ET detect us?
What would the Earth look like to an alien civilization located light years away?
May 3rd, 2023
Read moreOn the trail of a mysterious force in space
An initial study of dark energy with eROSITA indicates that it is uniformly distributed in space and time.
May 3rd, 2023
Read moreDoubling the number of sources of repeating fast radio bursts
A team of astronomers has discovered 25 new sources of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs), these explosions in the sky that come from far beyond the Milky Way. This discovery brings the total number of confirmed FRB sources to 50.
Apr 29th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers image for the first time a black hole expelling a powerful jet
An international team of scientists has used new millimeter-wavelength observations to produce an image that shows, for the first time, both the ring-like accretion structure around a black hole, where matter falls into the black hole, and the black hole's associated powerful relativistic jet.
Apr 26th, 2023
Read moreAstronomers solve the 60-year mystery of quasars - the most powerful objects in the Universe
Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars - the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe - by discovering that they are ignited by galaxies colliding.
Apr 26th, 2023
Read moreScientists discover rare element in exoplanet's atmosphere
The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time. The researchers have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them in more detail.
Apr 26th, 2023
Read moreAstrophysicists reveal the nature of dark matter through the study of crinkles in spacetime
A team of astrophysicists has provided the most direct evidence yet that Dark Matter does not constitute ultramassive particles as is commonly thought but instead comprises particles so light that they travel through space like waves.
Apr 25th, 2023
Read moreSupermassive black hole tears apart a giant star in a display brighter, more energetic and longer lasting than any observed before
'Scary Barbie' is the affectionate nickname astronomers are calling one of the most energetic and luminous transients ever observed: a supermassive black hole tearing apart a massive star.
Apr 25th, 2023
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