Newly Discovered Planetary System Offers Glimpse Into How Planets Evolve
A newly discovered planetary system will provide researchers with the rare chance to study a group of growing planets, according to research co-led by Dartmouth….
A newly discovered planetary system will provide researchers with the rare chance to study a group of growing planets, according to research co-led by Dartmouth….
The Spiral of the Southern Pinwheel The Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which was originally designed for the Dark Energy Survey, has captured one of the…
New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe’s most mysterious objects. Published today…
A unique “heart-shape,” with wisps of gas filaments showing an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement, has been discovered at the center of the iconic supernova remnant, the…
Analysis by University of Chicago scientists reverses earlier findings, suggests large temperature swings. A new analysis of ceramic chips embedded in meteorites suggests the formation…
Astronomers have tested a method for reconstructing the state of the early Universe by applying it to 4000 simulated universes using the ATERUI II supercomputer…
New theory explains possible origin of the Armageddon-causing object. It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub…
An international team of scientists has discovered planet formation in a star system younger than 500,000 years old. The find, published in Nature, is a…
What happens when the Solar System’s No. 1 source of violent energy interferes with spacecraft communication? Name? Solar Orbiter, or ‘Solo’ as the mission control…
Remnants of planets with Earth-like crusts have been discovered in the atmospheres of four nearby white dwarf stars by University of Warwick astronomers, offering a…
Distant galaxies used as ‘locator pins’ to detect ‘invisible’ gas cloud. Half of the universe’s matter is ‘missing,’ but PhD student Yuanming Wang has developed…
Dust storms are one of the defining features of the Martian atmosphere. They range from microscale dust devils to global events, and greatly impact the…
It was tens of miles wide and forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor, as it’s…
Herbig-Haro objects are some of the rarer sights in the night sky, taking the form of thin spindly jets of matter floating amongst the surrounding…
Using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting…
Gemini North helps define remote object’s distance and orbit. With the help of the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, and other ground-based…
Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope. These galaxies are thought to be amongst the largest single objects in…
If there’s an advanced extraterrestrial civilization inhabiting a nearby star system, we might be able to detect it using its own atmospheric pollution, according to…