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Scientists conduct detailed diagnosis of mystery of famous diagonal ridge pattern in Milky Way

Our solar neighborhood has many asymmetries, such as snail shape and ridge shape. Up to now, our astronomers are still lack of clear and enough information about the famous ridge structure.

November 2, 2020 Read more

An Earth-sized rogue planet discovered in the Milky Way (w/video)

Our Galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets, gravitationally unbound to any star. An international team of astronomers has announced the discovery of the smallest Earth-sized free-floating planet found to date.

October 30, 2020 Read more

Measuring the expansion of the universe: Researchers focus on velocity

There seems to be a discrepancy between measurement of the expansion of the Universe using radiation in the early Universe and using nearby objects.

October 29, 2020 Read more

An early dark energy model could solve an expanding cosmological conundrum

New research suggests that an early model of dark energy presents a competing theory to explain the accelerating expansion of the Universe that offers all the benefits of current models without the baggage that comes associated with the cosmological constant.

October 29, 2020 Read more

How star formation is 'quenched' in galaxies

Galaxies die quickly. That is the conclusion of a new study that examines the mechanism that switches galaxies from an active star-forming phase to one of quiescence.

October 28, 2020 Read more

Galaxies in the infant universe were surprisingly mature

Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This was shown by an international team of astronomers who studied 118 distant galaxies.

October 27, 2020 Read more

Developing new coating materials could protect equipment in space

Researchers aim to develop new materials that can protect objects from extreme radiation and temperature variations in space - an important step toward enabling long-distance space exploration.

October 26, 2020 Read more

New study details atmosphere on 'hot Neptune' 260 light years away that 'shouldn't exist'

Astronomers have crunched data from NASA's TESS and Spitzer space telescopes to portray for the first time the atmosphere of a highly unusual kind of exoplanet dubbed a 'hot Neptune'.

October 23, 2020 Read more

Galactic archaeology

Computational astrophysics study modeled for the first time faint supernovae of metal-free first stars, yielding carbon-enhanced abundance patterns for star formation.

October 22, 2020 Read more

AI and photonics join forces to make it easier to find 'new Earths'

Scientists have developed a new type of sensor to measure and correct the distortion of starlight caused by viewing through the Earth's atmosphere, which should make it easier to study the possibility of life on distant planets.

October 21, 2020 Read more

Evidence of broadside collision with dwarf galaxy discovered in Milky Way

Nearly 3 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy plunged into the center of the Milky Way and was ripped apart by the gravitational forces of the collision. Astrophysicists announced today that the merger produced a series of telltale shell-like formations of stars in the vicinity of the Virgo constellation, the first such 'shell structures' to be found in the Milky Way.

October 20, 2020 Read more

Ultraviolet shines light on origins of the solar system

In the search to discover the origins of our solar system, an international team of researchers has compared the composition of the sun to the composition of the most ancient materials that formed in our solar system: refractory inclusions in unmetamorphosed meteorites.

October 20, 2020 Read more

Astrophysics team lights the way for more accurate model of the universe

Light from distant galaxies reveals important information about the nature of the universe and allows scientists to develop high-precision models of the history, evolution and structure of the cosmos.

October 20, 2020 Read more

The Milky Way galaxy has a clumpy halo

Astronomers have determined our galaxy is surrounded by a clumpy halo of hot gases that is continually being supplied with material ejected by birthing or dying stars. This heated halo, called the circumgalactic medium, was the incubator for the Milky Way's formation some 10 billion years ago and could be where basic matter unaccounted for since the birth of the universe may reside.

October 19, 2020 Read more

The recipe for powerful quasar jets

Some supermassive black holes launch powerful beams of material, or jets, away from them, while others do not. Astronomers may now have identified why.

October 19, 2020 Read more

Star clusters are only the tip of the iceberg (w/video)

Star clusters have been part of the Imaginarium of human civilization for millennia. The brightest star clusters to Earth, like the Pleiades, are readily visible to the naked eye. Astronomers have now revealed the existence of massive stellar halos, termed coronae, surrounding local star clusters.

October 15, 2020 Read more

A billion tiny pendulums could detect the universe's missing mass

Scientists propose a novel method for finding dark matter, the cosmos's mystery material that has eluded detection for decades. The proposed experiment, in which a billion millimeter-sized pendulums would act as dark matter sensors, would be the first to hunt for dark matter solely through its gravitational interaction with visible matter.

October 14, 2020 Read more

Blinded by the light no more: Simulations show James Webb Telescope will reveal hidden galaxies

Two new studies find that the Webb will be able to reveal galaxies currently masked by powerful lights called quasars.

October 14, 2020 Read more