First Space-Based Measurement of Neutron Lifetime Completed Using NASA Spacecraft
Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time — a discovery that could teach us more about the…
Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time — a discovery that could teach us more about the…
An international collaboration of scientists has recorded the most accurate confirmation to date for one of the cornerstones of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, ‘the…
Far, far beyond the orbits of the planets lie the hazy contours of the magnetic bubble in space that we call home. This is the…
New research from scientists at Queen Mary University of London has revealed how long-lived Peter Pan disks form, which could provide new insights into how…
The first confirmed heartbeat of a supermassive black hole is still going strong more than ten years after first being observed. X-ray satellite observations spotted…
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, which will map millions of galaxies in 3D, reaches final milestone toward its startup. Even as the Dark Energy Spectroscopic…
Researchers from Russia, Germany, Finland and the U.S. have studied more than 300 quasars — spinning black holes that produce beams of plasma. The team has…
Scientists have expanded our understanding of potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars by including a critical climate component — the presence of airborne dust. The…
An investigation into one of the current great mysteries of astronomy has come to the fore thanks to a four-year observing campaign conducted at the…
Astronomers Find Elusive Target Hiding Behind Dust Astronomers acting on a hunch have likely resolved a mystery about young, still-forming stars and regions rich in…
Discovery made through the Disk Detective project could help the search for new planets. Brown dwarfs are the middle child of astronomy, too big to…
The area around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is dominated by gravity, but it’s not the only force…
Looking deep into the Universe, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope catches a passing glimpse of the numerous arm-like structures that sweep around this barred spiral…
The star Kepler-160 and its companion KOI-456.04 are more reminiscent of the Sun-Earth system than any previously known exoplanet-star pair. Among the more than 4,000…
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are finding that planets have a tough time forming in the rough-and-tumble central region of the massive, crowded star…
A new ultra-bright source of X-rays has awakened in between our galactic neighbors the Magellanic Clouds, after a 26-year slumber. This is the second-closest such…
Unlike a spiral or elliptical galaxy, the galaxy KK 246 looks like glitter spilled across a black velvet sheet. KK 246, also known as ESO…
According to new research, black holes could be like a hologram, where all the information is amassed in a two-dimensional surface able to reproduce a…