Astronomers Discover Ultraluminous Quasar with a 12 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole
A newly published study details the discovery of the brightest quasar in the early universe, powered by the most massive black hole yet known at…
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New Clues About Hidden the Interior of Uranus Revealed
Using images NASA’s Voyager-2, astronomer Erich Karkoschka has uncovered features in Uranus’ atmosphere that reveal an unexpected, strange rotation pattern and point to the possible…
Young Star Systems May Reveal How Our Own Solar System Came To Be
Astronomers from the University of Arizona have discovered two dust belts surrounded by a large dust halo around young star HD 95086, providing researchers with…
Astronomers Discover First Evidence of Water Ice Clouds Outside Our Solar System
Using the FourStar imager at Las Campanas Observatory, scientists have discovered evidence of water ice clouds on a newly discovered brown dwarf WISE J085510.83-071442.5 (W0855)…
Physicists Discover How to Change the Crystal Structure of Graphene
A team of researchers has discovered how to change the crystal structure of graphene, a finding that could lead to smaller and faster microprocessors. A…
Astronomers Solve Decades Old Space Mystery
An international team of astronomers has solved a decades old space mystery, revealing a new theory for how collapsed stars become polluted. Scientists from the…
3D Model Provides New Insight into the Turbulent Death Throes of Supernovas
A new 3D model provides new insight into the turbulent death throes of supernovas, showing a turbulent interior that spits out star remnants prior to…
Researchers Take an Important Step Toward Discovering Habitable Earths
Using essentially the same type of imaging sensor found in digital cameras, astronomers have captured images of a planet outside our solar system for the…
Newly Discovered Exoplanet HD 106906 b is Unlike Anything in Our Own Solar System
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet that is unlike anything in our own Solar System. HD 106906 b has 11 times the mass of Jupiter and…
New Retinal Implant Technology Expected to Help Restore Sight
In an effort to improve retinal implant technology, researchers have developed a new method that uses microsecond pulses, on-chip counter-electrodes, and controlled firing of electrodes…
Scientists Discover the Earliest Known Complete Nervous System
Scientists have discovered the earliest known complete nervous system preserved in the fossilized remains of a 520 million-year-old arthropod. A team of researchers led by…
New Survey Maps Where Stars Are Born
Astronomers have completed the largest-ever survey of dense gas clouds in the Milky Way, cataloging and mapping more than 6,000 gas clouds and allowing astronomers…
Carbon-Rich Interior in Super-Earth 55 Cancri e Less Likely Than Previously Thought
A new study shows that planet 55 Cancri e is less likely to consist largely of diamond, revealing that the carbon-to-oxygen ratio appears to be…
ALMA Views Early Universe Star Factories
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and gravitational lensing, scientists have obtained new measurements of some of the oldest galaxies in the universe, revealing…
Geneticists Discover the Oldest Known Genetic Branch of the Human Y Chromosome
Geneticists at the University of Arizona have discovered an African American Y chromosome with lineage that diverged from previously known Y chromosomes about 338,000 ago,…
NASA Detects Movement in Martian Sand Dunes
Over the last two years researchers have been monitoring the sand movement on Mars with the HiRISE camera. They found that even with a thinner…
33,000 Year Old Domesticated Dog Skull Found in Siberian Cave
An ancient domesticated do skull was found in a Razboinichya cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. Using an accelerator mass spectrometry and radiocarbon dating,…