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Strange gamma-ray heartbeat puzzles scientists

Scientists have detected a mysterious gamma-ray heartbeat coming from a cosmic gas cloud. The inconspicuous cloud in the constellation Aquila is beating with the rhythm of a neighbouring precessing black hole, indicating a connection between the two objects.

August 17, 2020 Read more

'Black dwarf supernova': Physicist calculates when the last supernova ever will happen

The end of the universe as we know it will not come with a bang. Most stars will very, very slowly fizzle as their temperatures fade to zero.

August 12, 2020 Read more

How stars form in the smallest galaxies

The question of how small, dwarf galaxies have sustained the formation of new stars over the course of the Universe has long confounded the world?s astronomers. Researchers have found that dormant small galaxies can slowly accumulate gas over many billions of years. When this gas suddenly collapses under its own weight, new stars are able to arise.

August 12, 2020 Read more

Physicists cast doubt on neutrino theory

Subatomic particles are no-shows in experiments, increasing doubts about their existence.

August 11, 2020 Read more

NASA's planet hunter completes its primary mission (w/video)

NASA's TESS has completed its primary mission, imaging about 75% of the starry sky during a two-year-long survey. TESS has found 66 new planets, nearly 2,100 candidates, and much more.

August 11, 2020 Read more

Classifying galaxies with artificial intelligence

Astronomers have applied artificial intelligence to ultra-wide field-of-view images of the distant Universe and have achieved a very high accuracy for finding and classifying spiral galaxies in those images.

August 11, 2020 Read more

Revealing the Dawn of the dwarf planet Ceres

An international team of researchers suggests that the dwarf planet Ceres - the largest known object in our asteroid belt - is an ocean world that might have been geologically active in its recent past.

August 10, 2020 Read more

Explosive nuclear astrophysics

Nuclear physicists have made a key discovery related to the analysis of 'presolar grains' found in some meteorites. This discovery has shed light on the nature of stellar explosions and the origin of chemical elements. It has also provided a new method for astronomical research.

August 10, 2020 Read more

Inside the ice giants of space

By reconstructing on a small scale the physical processes that take place within ice giant planets, such as Uranus and Neptune, a new method of computer simulation allows to shed light on their present structure and past evolution.

August 10, 2020 Read more

Sounding rocket finds helium structures in sun's atmosphere

Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists aren't sure just how much there actually is in the Sun's atmosphere. NASA's HERSCHEL sounding rocket has taken the first global measurements of helium in the extended solar atmosphere - a key piece of information for understanding our space environment.

August 7, 2020 Read more

Stellar egg hunt - Tracing evolution from embryo to baby star

Astronomers took a census of stellar eggs in the constellation Taurus and revealed their evolution state. This census helps researchers understand how and when a stellar embryo transforms to a baby star deep inside a gaseous egg.

August 7, 2020 Read more

Hubble uses Earth as proxy for identifying oxygen on potentially habitable exoplanets

Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected Earth's own brand of sunscreen - ozone - in our atmosphere. This method simulates how astronomers and astrobiology researchers will search for evidence of life beyond Earth by observing potential 'biosignatures' on exoplanets.

August 6, 2020 Read more