Using Game Theory to Help Discover Intelligent Alien Life
New research from The University of Manchester suggests using a strategy linked to cooperative game playing known as ‘game theory’ in order to maximize the…
New research from The University of Manchester suggests using a strategy linked to cooperative game playing known as ‘game theory’ in order to maximize the…
Study reveals that the makeup and life cycle of star-forming clouds is dependent on location. A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array…
In a dramatic, multi-staged eruption, the Sun has revealed new clues that could help scientists solve the long-standing mystery of what causes the Sun’s powerful…
Nearly 40 years after creating the first, iconic map of the universe, researchers aim for the largest map ever. In 1983, astrophysicists at the Center…
On Thursday, June 10, 2021, people across the northern hemisphere will have the chance to experience an annular or partial eclipse of the Sun. A…
What are some skywatching highlights in June 2021? Catch Saturn and Jupiter in the morning, and the constellation Scorpius after dark! Plus skywatchers in the…
This image, taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), features the spiral galaxy NGC 4680. At 2 o’clock and 7 o’clock, two other galaxies…
Using supercomputers, researchers develop new software for improved space weather prediction. The surface of the sun churns with energy and frequently ejects masses of highly-magnetized…
Astrophysicists have developed a new method for finding changing-looking quasars – important but extremely rare objects in deep space. Astrophysicists from the University of Bath…
A partial solar eclipse, the scorpion’s sting, and June is for Juno! June 13: For the Washington, D.C. area, and similar latitudes, the earliest sunrise…
Scientists refine the search for enigmatic continuous gravitational waves. The hunt for the never before heard “hum” of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars…
When a massive star dies, first there is a supernova explosion. Then, what’s left over becomes either a black hole or a neutron star. That…
Scientists have coordinated observations of many of the world’s most powerful telescopes of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87. In April 2019, the…
A Dutch-led team of astronomers has discovered that high-mass stars are formed differently from their smaller siblings. Whereas small stars are often surrounded by an…
Observation challenges established theory of gamma-ray bursts in the universe. Scientists have gained the best view yet of the brightest explosions in the universe: A…
UC Riverside dark matter research program targets assumptions about particle physics. As its name suggests, dark matter — material which makes up about 85% of…
The magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 2276 looks a bit lopsided in this Hubble Space Telescope snapshot. A bright hub of older yellowish stars normally lies…
Statistical model may help unravel the mystery of apparently single-planet systems and aid exoplanet-seeking missions. Data from the Kepler space telescope, launched more than a…