Best Place on Earth to See Stars – Where They Can Finally Be Seen Without Their Twinkle
Stars viewed from a place called Dome A in Antarctica can finally be seen without their twinkle – which means in much greater detail. Have…
Astrophysics
Surprisingly Recent Galaxy Discovered Using Machine Learning – May Be the Last Generation Galaxy in the Long Cosmic History
Breaking the lowest oxygen abundance record. New results achieved by combining big data captured by the Subaru Telescope and the power of machine learning have…
“The Last of Its Kind” – Ancient Globular Cluster Torn Apart by the Milky Way’s Gravity 2 Billion Years Ago
“Stellar archeology” reveals a star stream composed of the remnants of an ancient globular cluster that was torn apart by the Milky Way’s gravity 2…
Using a Network of Gravimeters to Search for Dark Matter Hidden Inside the Earth
Using a network of gravimeters, Mainz-based scientists are attempting to track down weakly interacting matter in the interior of the Earth. An interdisciplinary research team…
Cosmic Mystery: Integral High-Energy Space Observatory Detected a Unique Fast Radio Burst From a Dead Star in Our Galaxy
ESA’s Integral helps unravel origin of Fast Radio Bursts A global collaboration of telescopes including ESA’s Integral high-energy space observatory has detected a unique mix…
Take an Unprecedented Look Into “Central Engine” Powering a Massive Solar Flare
An international research team has presented a new look inside the “central engine” of a solar flare accompanied by an eruption, revealing an enormous electric…
Astrophysicist Investigates: Possibility of Life Below the Surface of Mars
A rover expected to explore below the surface of Mars in 2022 has the potential to provide more insights The findings published in Scientific Reports,…
New Calculation of Hubble’s Constant and Age of Universe Using 50 Galaxies
Study led by a University of Oregon physicist reconfigures a distance-calculation technique built around empirical observations. Using known distances of 50 galaxies from Earth to…
Astrophysicists Construct Most Complete 3D Map of the Universe, Fill Gaps in Cosmological History
An international consortium of scientists has analyzed, as part of a vast program of cosmological surveys, several million galaxies and quasars, thus retracing a more…
Family of Oddball Meteorites Stumped Researchers for Decades – Now an Answer to the Puzzling Chimera
Study suggests the rare objects likely came from an early planetesimal with a magnetic core. Most meteorites that have landed on Earth are fragments of…
Major Milestone for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Mission
When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous panoramic pictures of space in unprecedented detail. The mission’s wide…
Magnetic Field of a Spiral Galaxy: Field Lines Extend Far Beyond Galaxy’s Disk
This image shows the huge extent of a spiral galaxy’s magnetic field. The galaxy NGC 4217 is a star-forming, spiral galaxy, similar to our own…
Insight Into Dark Energy From Spectacular Ultraviolet Flash – May Finally Explain How White Dwarfs Explode and the Creation of Iron
For just the second time ever, astrophysicists have spotted a spectacular flash of ultraviolet (UV) light accompanying a white dwarf explosion. An extremely rare type…
Elusive Continuous Gravitational Waves — Long-Lasting Ripples in Space-Time — In X-ray Star Systems
Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time that come in many forms. So far, short-duration gravitational wave signals have been observed from colliding black holes and…
VLT Telescope Captures First-Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first-ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images…
New Cosmic Magnetic Field Structures Discovered: Superbubbles, Giant Loops and X-shaped Fields
New Cosmic Magnetic Field Structures Discovered in Galaxy NGC 4217 Superbubbles, giant loops and X-shaped magnetic field structures – this galaxy boasts a veritable wealth…
Composition Revealed of Weird Glistening “Gel-Like” Substance Discovered on Far Side of the Moon
The unusual dark greenish and glistening “gel-like” substance in a crater on the far side of the moon has attracted widespread interest following its discovery…
Largest 3D Map of the Universe Ever Created: Astrophysicists Fill In 11 Billion Years of Our Universe’s Expansion History
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the Universe ever created, filling in the most significant…