Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Known Planet to Orbit 3 Stars
Potential discovery of a circumtriple planet has implications for bolstering our understanding of planet formation. In a distant star system — a mere 1,300 light…
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Astrophysicists Unveil the Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
UNLV astrophysicist Bing Zhang contributes to understanding the physical mechanisms of fast radio bursts in three papers published in Nature. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs…
New Space Telescope, CHEOPS, Will Improve the Hunt for Exoplanets
While the planet has been on lockdown the last two months, a new space telescope called CHEOPS opened its eyes, took its first pictures of…
Why Pedestrians Need to Be on the Lookout for Expensive Cars
Drivers of expensive cars are less likely to yield for pedestrians in UNLV study. Researchers also found that motorists overall yielded less frequently for men…
Groundbreaking Research Reveals Evidence of Water Deep in Earth’s Mantle
A UNLV scientist has discovered the first direct evidence that fluid water pockets may exist as far as 500 miles deep into the Earth’s mantle….