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UrduWhen astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like one-of-a-kind, it’s bound to stir up a lot of excitement and attention. Enter comet 2I/Borisov. This mysterious visitor from the depths of space is the first identified…
Tag: ASTROPHYSICS
Newfound Martian aurora actually the most common; sheds light on Mars’ changing climate
A type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common form of aurora occurring on the Red Planet, according to new results from the mission. The aurora is known as a proton…
NASA’s NICER delivers best-ever pulsar measurements, 1st surface map
Astrophysicists are redrawing the textbook image of pulsars, the dense, whirling remains of exploded stars, thanks to NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), an X-ray telescope aboard the International Space Station. Using NICER data, scientists have obtained the first…
Martian aurora offers climate change clues, Embry-Riddle reports
NASA, University of Colorado Boulder, Embry-Riddle present findings at AGU
A galactic dance
“Everything is determined by forces over which we have no control… Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” — Albert Einstein Galaxies lead a graceful existence…
Scientists map a planet’s global wind patterns for the first time, and it’s not Earth
Remote reprogramming of the MAVEN spacecraft and one of its instruments enables collection of wind data on Mars, revealing circulation patterns that bear the signature of mountains and valleys hundreds of kilometers below
APS tip sheet: Dark matter’s galactic emissions and game theory of vaccination
A Bright Day for Dark Matter December 11, 2019 – An abundance of mysterious gamma radiation exists in the center of the Milky Way, called the Galactic Center GeV Excess. Previous research determined that this enigmatic radiation likely came from…
NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenon
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on the NASA Parker Solar Probe revealed an asteroid dust trail that has eluded astronomers for decades. Karl Battams, a computational scientist in NRL’s Space Science Division, discussed the results from…
Revealing the physics of the sun with Parker Solar Probe
Nearly a year and a half into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned gigabytes of data on the Sun and its atmosphere. Following the release of the very first science from the mission, five researchers presented additional new findings…
APS tip sheet: Dark matter’s galactic emissions and game theory of vaccination
A Bright Day for Dark Matter December 11, 2019 – An abundance of mysterious gamma radiation exists in the center of the Milky Way, called the Galactic Center GeV Excess. Previous research determined that this enigmatic radiation likely came from…
NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenon
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on the NASA Parker Solar Probe revealed an asteroid dust trail that has eluded astronomers for decades. Karl Battams, a computational scientist in NRL’s Space Science Division, discussed the results from…
Revealing the physics of the sun with Parker Solar Probe
Nearly a year and a half into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned gigabytes of data on the Sun and its atmosphere. Following the release of the very first science from the mission, five researchers presented additional new findings…
Russian astrophysicists discovered a neutron star with an unusual magnetic field structure
Scientists from Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), and Pulkovo Observatory discovered a unique neutron star, the magnetic field of which is apparent only when the star is seen under…
How Enceladus got its stripes
New research reveals the physics governing the fissures through which ocean water erupts from the moon’s icy surface
How Enceladus got its stripes
New research reveals the physics governing the fissures through which ocean water erupts from the moon’s icy surface
Russian astrophysicists discovered a neutron star with an unusual magnetic field structure
Scientists from Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), and Pulkovo Observatory discovered a unique neutron star, the magnetic field of which is apparent only when the star is seen under…
Yervant Terzian, who explored matter between stars, dies at 80
Yervant Terzian, the Tisch Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, who studied the physical matter between stars, dedicated his career to education and chaired the department for two decades, died Nov. 25 in Ithaca. Terzian was 80.
Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nuclei
New instrument extends LIGO’s reach
Technology ‘squeezes’ out quantum noise so more gravitational wave signals can be detected
Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nuclei
New instrument extends LIGO’s reach
Technology ‘squeezes’ out quantum noise so more gravitational wave signals can be detected
Signs of life: New field guide aids astronomers’ search
ITHACA, N.Y. – A Cornell University senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets loitering in other cosmic neighborhoods: a spectral field guide. Zifan Lin has developed high-resolution spectral models and scenarios for two exoplanets that…
First giant planet around white dwarf found
ESO observations indicate the Neptune-like exoplanet is evaporating
Scientists have found out why photons flying from other galaxies do not reach the Earth
An international group of scientists, including Andrey Savelyev, associate professor of the Institute of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Information Technologies of the IKBFU, has improved a computer program that helps simulate the photons
NRL, NASA combine to produce sun imagery with unprecedented clarity
WASHINGTON — Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s camera on NASA’s latest mission to study the Sun’s corona revealed on Dec. 4 a star more complex than ever imagined. NRL’s Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR,…
Signs of life: New field guide aids astronomers’ search
ITHACA, N.Y. – A Cornell University senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets loitering in other cosmic neighborhoods: a spectral field guide. Zifan Lin has developed high-resolution spectral models and scenarios for two exoplanets that…
First giant planet around white dwarf found
ESO observations indicate the Neptune-like exoplanet is evaporating
Scientists have found out why photons flying from other galaxies do not reach the Earth
An international group of scientists, including Andrey Savelyev, associate professor of the Institute of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Information Technologies of the IKBFU, has improved a computer program that helps simulate the photons
NRL, NASA combine to produce sun imagery with unprecedented clarity
WASHINGTON — Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s camera on NASA’s latest mission to study the Sun’s corona revealed on Dec. 4 a star more complex than ever imagined. NRL’s Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR,…
Gas giant composition not determined by host star
Unraveling this surprising discrepancy could reveal new details about the planet formation process
Gas giant composition not determined by host star
Unraveling this surprising discrepancy could reveal new details about the planet formation process
Star-quake vibrations lead to new estimate for Milky Way age
Data gathered by NASA’s now defunct Kepler telescope provides a solution to an astronomical mystery
Mercury transit observed at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory — IOTW1948
Transit image with a twist (and a turn!)
Mercury transit observed at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory — IOTW1948
Transit image with a twist (and a turn!)
The impact of molecular rotation on a peculiar isotope effect on water hydrogen bonds
Unveiling two deuteration effects on hydrogen-bond breaking process of water isotopomers
Scientist leads international team to crack 60-year-old mystery of Sun’s magnetic waves
A Queen’s University Belfast scientist has led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery of why the Sun’s magnetic waves strengthen and grow as they emerge from its surface, which could help to solve the mystery of how the corona…
SwRI-built instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the Sun
Research could help predict when New Horizons spacecraft will cross the termination shock
The impact of molecular rotation on a peculiar isotope effect on water hydrogen bonds
Unveiling two deuteration effects on hydrogen-bond breaking process of water isotopomers
Scientist leads international team to crack 60-year-old mystery of Sun’s magnetic waves
A Queen’s University Belfast scientist has led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery of why the Sun’s magnetic waves strengthen and grow as they emerge from its surface, which could help to solve the mystery of how the corona…
SwRI-built instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the Sun
Research could help predict when New Horizons spacecraft will cross the termination shock
Image release: Giant magnetic ropes in a galaxy’s halo
VLA observations reveal details of magnetic structure
Image release: Giant magnetic ropes in a galaxy’s halo
VLA observations reveal details of magnetic structure
NASA’s Webb to unveil the secrets of nearby dwarf galaxies
In two separate studies using NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers will observe dwarf galaxy companions to the Milky Way and the nearby Andromeda galaxy. Studying these small companions will help scientists learn about galaxy formation…
Carbon soccer ball with extra proton probably most abundant form in space
It is one of the most common forms of carbon in space: C60, a soccer ball-shaped carbon molecule, but one that has an extra proton attached to it. This is the conclusion of research carried out at Radboud University, which…
New Horizons team, mission principal investigator Stern receive Sir Arthur Clarke Award
Award recognizes international space achievement for New Horizons’ exploration of Pluto and Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
Planets around a black hole?
Calculations show possibility of bizarre worlds
Reports of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot demise greatly exaggerated
Flaking of familiar vortex considered ‘very natural state’
NASA’s Webb to unveil the secrets of nearby dwarf galaxies
In two separate studies using NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers will observe dwarf galaxy companions to the Milky Way and the nearby Andromeda galaxy. Studying these small companions will help scientists learn about galaxy formation…
Planets around a black hole?
Calculations show possibility of bizarre worlds
Carbon soccer ball with extra proton probably most abundant form in space
It is one of the most common forms of carbon in space: C60, a soccer ball-shaped carbon molecule, but one that has an extra proton attached to it. This is the conclusion of research carried out at Radboud University, which…