Chandra Reveals Cluster of X-Ray Binary Stars Near the Galaxy’s Center
A binary star system is one that contains a pair of stars orbiting each other. A black hole X-ray binary is a binary system in…
A binary star system is one that contains a pair of stars orbiting each other. A black hole X-ray binary is a binary system in…
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and two other universities have discovered the 13-million-year-old fossils of a pair of new species of extinct hoofed mammals…
For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the magnetism in one of astronomy’s most studied objects: the remains of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), a…
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal complex organic molecules originating from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, strengthening the idea that this ocean world hosts conditions suitable…
Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed ′Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah), the first known interstellar object to…
Physicists at the University of Innsbruck are on the hunt for nitrogen-containing molecules in space. Using terahertz spectroscopy, they directly measured two spectral lines for…
With the combined efforts of three Yale laboratories, researchers conducted the first demonstration of site-specific gene editing in a fetus, correcting a mutation that causes…
Look up above you. You might see a blue sky, clouds, the Moon, or stars. And while it might seem calm up there, the truth…
A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to convert plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics,…
Sitting between Mars and Jupiter, the doughnut-shaped asteroid belt is packed full of rocky bodies and debris. Despite its fragmented, rubbly nature, the total mass…
Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University of California at Irvine used sophisticated computer simulations to devise a test that could answer a…
How large is a neutron star? Previous estimates varied from eight to sixteen kilometers. Astrophysicists at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the FIAS have now…
In the last decade we have discovered thousands of planets outside our solar system and have learned that rocky, temperate worlds are numerous in our…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter’s Great Red…
In the center of the galaxy OJ 287, there is one active, super-mass-rich black hole. An international research team led by Silke Britzen of the…
Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University are working on a treatment that holds great promise for improving the lives of…
Our brains are famously flexible, or “plastic,” because neurons can do new things by forging new or stronger connections with other neurons. But if some…
This rich and dense smattering of stars is a massive globular cluster, a gravitationally-bound collection of stars that orbits the Milky Way. Globular clusters are…