Caught speeding: Clocking the fastest-spinning brown dwarfs
Gemini North observations help set rotational speed limit for brown dwarfs
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More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year
Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give
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Machine-learning methods lead to discovery of rare “quadruply imaged quasars” that can help solve cosmological puzzles
Read moreNew research shows that Mars did not dry up all at once
Mars had dry and wet eras and dried up for good 3 billion years ago
Read moreAlien raindrops surprisingly like rain on Earth
WASHINGTON–Raindrops on other planets and moons are close to the size of raindrops on Earth despite having different chemical compositions
Read moreDark Energy Survey physicists open new window into dark energy
For the first time, DES scientists can combine measurements of the distribution of matter, galaxies, and galaxy clusters to advance our understanding of dark energy.
Read moreFrom stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon’s interstellar journey to Earth
We are made of stardust, the saying goes, and a pair of studies including University of Michigan research finds that may be more true than we previously thought.
Evidence for PeVatrons, the Milky Way’s most powerful particle accelerators
The Tibet ASĪ³ experiment, a China-Japan joint research project on cosmic-ray observation, has discovered ultra-high-energy diffuse gamma rays from the
Read moreJoint French-Japanese laboratory in Tokyo for physics at the largest and smallest scales
* The CNRS and the University of Tokyo have set up a laboratory for physics research at the largest and
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Distant, spiralling stars give clues to the forces that bind sub-atomic particles
Space scientists at the University of Bath in the UK have found a new way to probe the internal structure of neutron stars, giving nuclear physicists a novel tool for studying the structures that make up matter at an atomic level.
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First X-rays from Uranus discovered
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar system.
Read moreNew study sews doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe
Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark energy, a substance that makes it possible for the universe to expand at an ever-increasing rate. But in a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers te
Read moreDecades of hunting detects footprint of cosmic ray superaccelerators in our galaxy
Record-breaking gamma rays bathe the Milky Way in an energetic haze
Read moreAstrophysics student Ellen Price awarded 51 Pegasi B Fellowship
The fellowship provides exceptional scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational and experimental research in planetary astronomy
Read moreFirst X-rays from Uranus discovered
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists
Read moreFirst interstellar comet may be the most pristine ever found
New observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) indicate that the rogue comet 2I/Borisov, which is
Read moreString theory solves mystery about how particles behave outside a black hole photon sphere
A paper by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) Director Ooguri Hirosi and
Read moreStellar eggs near galactic center hatching into baby stars
Astronomers found a number of stellar eggs containing baby stars around the center of the Milky Way using the Atacama
Read moreNew study finds satellites contribute significant light pollution to night skies
Scientists reported new research results today suggesting that artificial objects in orbit around the Earth are brightening night skies on
Read moreBlack hole seeds key to galaxies behemoths
Early Universe explosion sheds light on elusive black hole
Read moreNew light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales
Scientists estimate that dark matter and dark energy together are some 95% of the gravitational material in the universe while
Read moreLaunch of Europe’s largest astronomy network
Until now, Europe has had two major collaborative networks for ground-based astronomy, one in the optical wavelength domain and the
Read moreWorld’s most sensitive radio telescope concludes 15-month listening session, accepting international proposals
Nestled in the mountainous landscape of Guizhou in southwest China, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is a single-dish
Read moreAstronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a
Read moreNew images reveal magnetic structures near supermassive black hole
Work gives clues about how powerful jets are driven
Read moreHarvard, Smithsonian astronomers help capture first image of black hole’s magnetic fields
This is the first time scientists have imaged magnetic fields so close to a black hole
Read moreBlack hole shows magnetic fields surrounding it are strong enough to resist gravity
Wits University astrophysicists are the only two scientists on African continent that contributed to the study.
Read moreAlgorithms inspired by social networks reveal lifecycle of substorms, a key element of space weather
Evolution of auroral substorms revealed by physicists at University of Warwick using the same methods that link people through social media
Read moreThe eukaryotic cell nucleus resembles the layout of a superstore
The headquarter of a eukaryotic cell is the nucleus, and most of the cell’s information and instructions are stored there
Read moreScientists uncover warehouse-full of complex molecules never before seen in space
Radio observations of a cold, dense cloud of molecular gas reveal more than a dozen unexpected molecules
Read moreSwRI scientists help identify the first stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter
Jovian jet streams above the cloud tops measured using the aftermath of comet collision
Read morePowerful stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter for the first time
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, a team of
Read moreHAWC: Are photons of extreme energies coming from the Galaxy’s largest accelerator?
For years, in the vastness of our galaxy, astrophysicists have been tracking down pevatrons – natural accelerators of particles with
Read moreLena Funcke receives Leona Woods Lectureship Award
Postdoctoral theorist recognized for her work at the intersection of fundamental particles, the cosmos, and quantum computing
Read moreMissing baryons found in far-out reaches of galactic halos
Berkeley Lab physicists play key role in studies that solve a cosmological mystery
Read moreSwRI researcher theorizes worlds with underground oceans support, conceal life
Layers of ice and rock obviate the need for “habitable zone” and shield life against threats
Read moreJupiter’s “dawn storm” auroras are surprisingly Earth-like
A new study tracks the life cycle of the spectacular ultraviolet storms in the big planet’s aurora, generated by charged particles from its volcanic moon, Io
Read moreDebris of stellar explosion found at unusual location
eROSITA space telescope finds largest supernova remnant ever discovered with X-rays
Read moreWhispers from the dark side: What can gravitational waves reveal about dark matter?
Scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence analyze data from the gravitational wave observatory NANOGrav
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Scientists find clues to a process occurring throughout the universe that affects fusion energy
New research reveals a surprising insight into the physics behind magnetic reconnection. The findings could lead to a greater ability to predict space weather.
Read moreExperts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world’s first computer
Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered mechanical device that was used to predict astronomical events.
Read moreChinese solar telescope reveals acceleration of magnetic reconnection
Magnetic reconnection refers to the reconfiguration of magnetic field geometry. It plays an elemental role in the rapid release of
Read moreExperts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world’s first computer
Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known
Read moreAstronomers detect a black hole on the move
Astronomers have detected a moving supermassive black hole
Read moreScientists sketch aged star system using over a century of observations
Astronomers have painted their best picture yet of an RV Tauri variable, a rare type of stellar binary where two
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HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory discovers origin of highest-energy cosmic rays in the galaxy
A long-time question in astrophysics appears to finally be answered, thanks to a collection of large, high-tech water tanks on a mountainside in Mexico.
Read morePolarization: From better sunglasses to a better way of looking at asteroid surfaces
Unique technique may help planetary defense prepare for asteroids on a collision course with Earth
Read moreTracking cosmic ghosts
Frontera supercomputer, a community resource for IceCube Neutrino Observatory research, enables the discovery of new high-energy particle
Read moreHubble sees new atmosphere forming on a rocky exoplanet
The planet GJ 1132 b appears to have begun life as a gaseous world with a thick blanket of atmosphere.
Read moreUncovering exotic molecules of potential astrochemical interest
Looking at the night sky, one’s thoughts might be drawn to astrochemistry. What molecules inhabit the vast spaces between the
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