Astronomers Discover ‘Forbidden’ Planet in the ‘Neptunian Desert’
A Neptunian planet has been found in what should be a ‘Neptunian Desert’ by telescopes run by the University of Warwick in an international collaboration…
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Astrophysicists Publish a ‘Survival Guide’ for Exoplanets
Small, hardy planets packed with dense elements have the best chance of avoiding being crushed and swallowed up when their host star dies, new research…
Astronomers Discover a Heavy Metal Fragment of a Planet
A fragment of a planet that has survived the death of its star has been discovered by University of Warwick astronomers in a disc of…
Scientists View Beam of Light From First Confirmed Neutron Star Merger
A research team led by astronomers at the University of Warwick had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first of confirmed…
Astronomers Reveal Globular Clusters 4 Billion Years Younger Than Previously Thought
New research led by the University of Warwick reveals that globular clusters could be up to 4 billion years younger than previously thought. Once thought…
Flexo-Photovoltaic Effect Squeezes More Power Out of Solar Cells
Physicists at the University of Warwick have published new research in the Journal Science that could literally squeeze more power out of solar cells by…
Scientists Discover Earth-Sized Planet With Dayside Temperature of Over 2000°C
A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury – situated 339 light years away – has been detected and characterized by a…
New Sensor Reveals Lithium-Ion Batteries Can Safely Charge 5 Times Faster
Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have developed a new direct, precise test of Lithium-ion batteries’ internal temperatures and their electrodes potentials and…
Graphene Girders Could Double the Life of Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries
New research led by WMG, at the University of Warwick has found an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries using…
Are Distant Snowy Moons Potentially Habitable?
Santa’s winter workshop might be in space, as University of Warwick researchers are exploring whether snowy moons over a billion kilometers away from Earth are…
‘Double-Glazed’ Solar Power Device Opens New Opportunities for Photovoltaics
Researchers from the University of Warwick have developed a new ‘double-glazing’ solar power device, which is unlike any existing solar panel and opens up fresh…
Astronomers Discover Periodic Eclipses of the Young Star PDS 110
An international team of astronomers show that a giant gas planet – up to 50x the mass of Jupiter, encircled by a ring of dust…
Astronomers Discover 5,400 mph Winds on Exoplanet HD 189733b
New research from the University of Warwick reveals that exoplanet HD 189733b has winds of over 5,400 mph blowing from its day side to its…
White Dwarf PG1149+057 Displays ‘Irregular Heartbeats’
Using Kepler data, a team of astronomers has observed a white dwarf star displaying massive arrhythmic outbursts, which broke the star’s regular pulse and significantly…
Calcium-Rich Supernovae Formed by Colliding White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
A new study from astrophysicists at the University of Warwick reveals that calcium-rich supernovae are likely created by white dwarf stars crashing into neutron stars….
Precise Measurement of a Neutron Star Moves Astronomers Closer to Proving Gravitational Waves
New research from University of Warwick and Monash University reveals precise measurements of a rapidly rotating neutron star and moves astronomers a step closer to…
Water Discovered in Remnants of Rocky Planetary Body Outside Our Solar System
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the large telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory, scientists have found the first evidence of a water-rich rocky…
Graphite Experiment Shines New Light on Laser-Driven Nuclear Fusion and Astrophysics
A newly published study, which examines how energy is shared between the different species of matter and how it is transferred from strongly heated electrons…