First Evidence for a Possible Planet Outside of the Milky Way Galaxy
Astronomers have announced evidence for a possible planet in another galaxy. This “exoplanet” would be much farther away than any of the thousands of others…
Astronomers have announced evidence for a possible planet in another galaxy. This “exoplanet” would be much farther away than any of the thousands of others…
At ALMA, we are celebrating doubly: on the one hand, October is the month of Science in Chile, and, on the other, we commemorate in…
Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in the last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes. Most…
This jewel-bright Picture of the Week features the spiral galaxy NGC 2903. This image was captured using Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide…
The confirmation of gravitational waves back in 2017 continues to unlock whole new worlds of physics but also continues to elicit further questions. The detection…
Hubble Snapshot of ‘Molten Ring’ Galaxy Prompts New Research The Hubble Space Telescope’s glamour shots of the universe nearly always have a discovery behind them….
Does NASA know about ALL the asteroids? Not exactly. We know about the vast majority of larger ones and none of those pose an impact…
A University of Toronto astronomer’s research suggests the solar system is surrounded by a magnetic tunnel that can be seen in radio waves. Jennifer West, a…
One of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by University of…
A compositional link between planets and their respective host star has long been assumed in astronomy. For the first time now, a team of scientists,…
Around a century ago, scientists began to realize that some of the radiation we detect in Earth’s atmosphere is not local in origin. This eventually…
Such planetary smashups are likely common in young solar systems, but they haven’t been directly observed. Young planetary systems generally experience extreme growing pains, as…
Proteins are polymers of amino acids joined together by the peptide bond -NHCO-. Peptide bonds are not only the ubiquity structures in proteins but also…
New images have revealed detailed clues about how the first stars and structures were formed in the Universe and suggest the formation of the galaxy…
In early 2020, we detected an unusual radio signal coming from somewhere near the center of our galaxy. The signal blinked on and off, growing…
On September 22, around midday, ESA’s Integral spacecraft went into emergency Safe Mode. One of the spacecraft’s three active ‘reaction wheels’ had turned off without…
The Next Full Moon is the Hunter’s Moon; the Travel, Dying Grass, Sanguine, or Blood Moon; Shared Purnima; Pavarana; the full Moon of the Thadingyut…
On August 17th, 2017, LIGO detected gravitational waves from the merger of two neutron stars. This merger radiated energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, light that…