During Planet Formation “Safety Zone” Saves Giant Moons From Fatal Plunge
Numerical simulations showed that the temperature gradient in the disk of gas around a young gas giant planet could play a critical role in the…
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Secrets of Titan’s Atmosphere Revealed – Galactic Cosmic Rays Affect Saturn’s Largest Moon
Planetary scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed the secrets of the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. The team found…
Attosecond Control of an Atomic Electron Cloud Using Synchrotron Radiation
Researchers at SAGA Light Source, the University of Toyama, Hiroshima University and the Institute for Molecular Science have demonstrated a method to control the shape…
A Fireball Flew Over Kyoto, Japan – Now Scientists Know What It Was and Where It Came From
At around 1 a.m. local standard time on April 29, 2017, a fireball flew over Kyoto, Japan. Compared to other fireballs spotted from Earth, it…
Astronomers Analysis Reveals Outbound Comets Likely of Alien Origin
Astronomers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have analyzed the paths of two objects heading out of the Solar System forever and determined…
Stellar Heavy Metals Can Map Evolution of the Milky Way and Other Galaxies
Astronomers have cataloged signs of 9 heavy metals in the infrared light from supergiant and giant stars. New observations based on this catalog will help…
More Than a Trillion Stars Reveal Cores of Massive Galaxies Had Already Formed 1.5 Billion Years After Big Bang
A distant galaxy more massive than our Milky Way — with more than a trillion stars — has revealed that the ‘cores’ of massive galaxies…
Planet Formation Theory Questioned After Discovery of Massive Gas Disk Surrounding Young Star
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found a young star surrounded by an astonishing mass of gas. The star, called 49 Ceti, is…
Mysterious Gigantic Carbon Cocoons Discovered Surrounding Growing Galaxies
ALMA Spots Earliest Environment Pollution in the Universe Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around…
Planets Around a Black Hole? Calculations Show Possibility of Bizarre Worlds of Astonishing Scale
“I have seen the dark universe yawning, Where the black planets roll without aim; Where they roll in their horror unheeding, without knowledge or lustre…
Why Food Tastes Better When We’re Hungry – Researchers Find Neural Circuit in the Hypothalamus
How Hunger Makes Food Tastier: A Neural Circuit in the Hypothalamus Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki identify the neural pathways…
Astronomers Discover the Oldest Galaxy Protocluster & It Features a Mythological Queen
Using the Subaru, Keck, and Gemini Telescopes, an international team of astronomers has discovered a collection of 12 galaxies that existed about 13.0 billion years…