Closely Orbiting Stars May Make Planets Appear Smaller
New research reveals that two closely orbiting stars may appear in images as a single point of light, making planets appear less dense than previously…
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Scientists Measure Temperature Swings of Black Hole Winds for the First Time
A team of scientists has measured rapidly varying temperatures in hot gas emanating from around a black hole for the first time. These ultrafast “winds”…
NASA Takes a Closer Look at Planet Nine
What is Planet 9? NASA scientists take a closer look at the newly discovered evidence from Caltech. Caltech researchers have found evidence suggesting there may…
Planet Nine – Astronomers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet in Our Solar System
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have discovered evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system….
New Research Explains Loss of Carbon in Martian Atmosphere
New research from Caltech and NASA offers an explanation for the “missing” carbon in the Martian atmosphere, showing that a transition from a moderately dense…
Study Shows Dark Matter Dominates Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Triangulum II
A new study from the California Institute of Technology reveals that dwarf galaxy Triangulum II has the highest concentration of dark matter in any known…
Astronomers Link the Launching of the Corona to a Black Hole Flare
New observations from NASA’s Swift and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, suggest that supermassive black holes send out beams of X-rays when their surrounding coronas…
Astronomers Probe the Magnetic Fields in the Mysterious Inner Regions of Stars
Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology have probed the magnetic fields in the inner regions of stars for the first time, revealing that they…
Curiosity Reveals Clues About Past Water, Climate, and Habitability on Mars
Newly published research from Caltech describes ancient water flows and lakes on Mars, and what this might mean about the ancient climate. We have heard…
Caltech Astronomers Detect the Farthest Galaxy to Date
Using the multi-object spectrometer for infrared exploration at the W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers have discovered the farthest galaxy to date – EGS8p7. A team of…
Engineers Develop Optical Devices That Shape Light in Exotic Ways
Engineers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology have developed innovative flat, optical lenses that are capable of manipulating light in…
Physicists Observe and Control Quantum Motion
For the first time, a team of physicists has discovered a way to observe and control quantum motion of an object that is large enough…
The Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array Searches the Entire Sky 24/7
The Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array has the ability to image the entire sky at radio wavelengths with unmatched speed, helping astronomers to search for…
Astronomers Discover a Possible Distant Black Hole Merger
In a newly published study, a team of astronomers detail an unusual repeating light signal from a distant quasar that they say is most likely…
Astronomers Reveal a New Feature in the Evolution of Galaxies
Using data from ESA’s Herschel space observatory and NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered a new feature in the evolution of galaxies….
Small Impacts Likely Erased Much of Earth’s Primordial Atmosphere
A newly published study reveals that small space rocks, or planetesimals, may have bombarded Earth around the time the moon was formed, kicking up clouds…
Geologists Discover Ancient Buried Canyon Along the Yarlung Tsangpo River
The new discovery a deep canyon buried along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in south Tibet effectively rules out a popular model used to explain how…
New Data Confirms that Voyager 1 is in Interstellar Space
New Data from another “tsunami wave” generated by our sun confirms that NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is in interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has…