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November 20, 2024
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Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites that can be traced directly to Mars. This meteorite ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was made possible by the James Webb Space Telescope's ...
Nov. 4, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate -- over 40 times the theoretical limit. While short lived, this black hole's ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — New research in our Milky Way has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716 times per second, making it one of the fastest-spinning objects ever ...
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Nov. 19, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — New research found confined and isolating environments changed the way people smelled and responded emotionally to certain food aromas. The team in this study compared 44 people's emotional responses ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down -- an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth's ancient ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — A theoretical astrophysicist may have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery over the origins of an unusual 'zebra' pattern seen in high-frequency radio pulses from the Crab ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — How long did it take our Sun to form in its stellar nursery? Scientists are now closer to an answer. They succeeded in the measurement of the ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — The chances of intelligent life emerging in our Universe -- and in any hypothetical ones beyond it -- can be estimated by a new theoretical model ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming ...
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Nov. 11, 2024 — Like the Earth, the Sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research. But unlike on Earth, the formation and evolution of these vortices are driven by magnetic ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — Why is the expansion of our Universe accelerating? Twenty-five years after its discovery, this phenomenon remains one of the greatest scientific mysteries. Solving it involves testing the fundamental ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have developed an innovative technique to search for black hole light echoes. Their novel method, which will make it easier for the mass and the spin of black holes to be measured, ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — Readily available thermoelectric generators operating under modest temperature differences can power CO2 conversion, according to a proof-of-concept study by chemists. The findings open up the ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Gamma radiation can convert methane into a wide variety of products at room temperature, including hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing molecules, and amino acids, reports a research team. This type of ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered where FRBs are more likely to occur in the universe -- massive star-forming galaxies rather than low - mass ...
Nov. 4, 2024 — A new study details how climate change transforms coastal wetlands in North Carolina from forest to marshland or even open water, and how satellite imagery may help better direct conservation efforts ...
Nov. 4, 2024 — Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease, researchers say. The ...
Nov. 4, 2024 — The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of a black hole. This has, for the first time, made it ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — Teams of astronomers used the combined power of NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to revisit the legendary Vega ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — For Halloween, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) reveals a spooktacular image of a dark nebula that creates the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colourful cosmic backdrop. Fittingly ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — More accurate orbit predictions for satellites and space debris as well as a better understanding of the water masses present on Earth: Researchers at achieved both using satellite laser ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Researchers have strengthened the case that matter becomes dark energy when massive stars collapse and become black ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — It would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare, a new study ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Researchers have pored over more than two decades' worth of data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory to show there's new knotty science to discover around black ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan, forming a distinct crust up to six miles thick, which warms the underlying ice shell and ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — A distant interstellar cloud was found to contain an abundance of pyrene, a type of large carbon-containing molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). This suggest pyrene may have ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — A historical supernova documented by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1181 has been lost for centuries, until very recently. Yet, the newly found remnant shows some stunning characteristics that ...
Monday, November 11, 2024
- Swirling Polar Vortices Likely Exist on the Sun
- Einstein's Equations Collide With the Mysteries of the Universe
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Astrophysicists Use Echoes of Light to Illuminate Black Holes
- Off-the-Shelf Thermoelectric Generators Can Upgrade CO2 Into Chemicals: The Combination Could Help Us Colonize Mars
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Interstellar Methane as Progenitor of Amino Acids?
- Asteroid Grains Shed Light on the Outer Solar System's Origins
- Mighty Radio Bursts Linked to Massive Galaxies
Monday, November 4, 2024
- Satellite Imagery May Help Protect Coastal Forests from Climate Change
- Space: A New Frontier for Exploring Stem Cell Therapy
- Dance of Electrons Measured in the Glow from Exploding Neutron-Stars
Friday, November 1, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Laser Measurements to Track Space Debris and Observe Water Masses
- Faster Space Communication With Record-Sensitive Receiver
- Evidence Mounts for Dark Energy from Black Holes
- It's Not to Be. Universe Too Short for Shakespeare Typing Monkeys
Monday, October 28, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Scientists Discover Molecules That Store Much of the Carbon in Space
- Dandelion-Shaped Supernova and Zombie Star
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- NRL Coronagraph Captures Unique Images of a Dusty Comet
- Rocky Planets Orbiting Small Stars Could Have Stable Atmospheres Needed to Support Life
- Physicists Discover First 'black Hole Triple'
- Ultra-Small Spectrometer Yields the Power of a 1,000 Times Bigger Device
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- NASA Reveals Prototype Telescope for Gravitational Wave Observatory
- Can Cell Phone Signals Help Land a Plane?
Monday, October 21, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Out-of-This-World Simulation Key to Collecting Moon Dust
- Are Nearby Planets Sending Radio Signals to Each Other?
- It's Twins! Mystery of Famed Brown Dwarf Solved
- The Origin of Most Meteorites Finally Revealed
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle
- Simulated Mission to Mars: Survey of Lichen Species
Monday, October 14, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
- How Did the Building Blocks of Life Arrive on Earth?
- 'Inside-Out' Galaxy Growth Observed in the Early Universe
- Researchers Find Clues to the Mysterious Heating of the Sun's Atmosphere
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- 'Islands' Of Regularity Discovered in the Famously Chaotic Three-Body Problem
- Lightning Strikes Kick Off a Game of Electron Pinball in Space
Friday, October 11, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
- New Insights Into How Mars Became Uninhabitable
- Space Oddity: Most Distant Rotating Disc Galaxy Found
- Influence of a Black Hole's Spin: First Evidence of Precession in Ultraluminous Accretion Disks
- Winds of Change: James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Elusive Details in Young Star Systems
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- In Odd Galaxy, NASA's Webb Finds Potential Missing Link to First Stars
- A New Era of Solar Observation
- Widespread Ice Deposits on the Moon
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Physicists Explore Possibility of Life Beyond Earth
- Scientists Discover Planet Orbiting Closest Single Star to Our Sun
- Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide on Pluto's Moon Charon
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Study Coordinates Satellite Swarm for 3D Imaging Inside Clouds
- First Data from XRISM Space Mission Provides New Perspective on Supermassive Black Holes
Friday, September 27, 2024
- Our Cosmic Neighborhood May Be 10x Larger
- A New Birthplace for Asteroid Ryugu
- Asteroid Ceres Is a Former Ocean World That Slowly Formed Into a Giant, Murky Icy Orb
Thursday, September 26, 2024
- This Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth -- 8 Billion Years from Now
- ESO Telescope Captures the Most Detailed Infrared Map Ever of Our Milky Way
- NASA's Hubble Finds That a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- How Special Is the Milky Way Galaxy?
- Mars' Missing Atmosphere Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight
- Mapping Distant Planets: 'Ridges', 'deserts' And 'savannahs'
- Webb Discovers 'weird' Galaxy With Gas Outshining Its Stars
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
- Potential Indicators of Life on Other Planets Can Be Created in a Lab
- Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
- Early-Universe Quasar Neighborhoods Are Indeed Cluttered
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Volcanoes May Help Reveal Interior Heat on Jupiter Moon
- Organic Matter on Mars Was Formed from Atmospheric Formaldehyde
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Magnifying Deep Space Through the 'carousel Lens'
- Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
- NASA's Webb Provides Another Look Into Galactic Collisions
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- A Wobble from Mars Could Be Sign of Dark Matter
- More Black Holes Than Expected in the Early Universe
- Black Hole Pairs May Unveil New Particles
Monday, September 16, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
- Early Dark Energy Could Resolve Cosmology's Two Biggest Puzzles
- Simple Shift Could Make Low Earth Orbit Satellites High Capacity
- Huge Gamma-Ray Burst Collection 'rivals 250-Year-Old Messier Catalog'
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
- Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun's Corona
- Keeping Mold out of Future Space Stations
- Astronomers Track Bubbles on Star's Surface
Monday, September 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
- Mathematical Proof: Five Satellites Needed for Precise Navigation
- AI Helps Distinguish Dark Matter from Cosmic Noise
- Astrophysics: AI Shines a New Light on Exoplanets
- Massive Merger: Study Reveals Evidence for Origin of Supermassive Black Hole at Galaxy's Center
Thursday, September 5, 2024
- Groundwater Use Can Be Accurately Monitored With Satellites Using OPENet
- Gravitational Waves Unveil Previously Unseen Properties of Neutron Stars
- Researchers Discover a Space Oddity -- An Exoplanet Moving in Mysterious Ways
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- Gigantic Asteroid Impact Shifted the Axis of Solar System's Biggest Moon
- How Bright Is the Universe's Glow? Study Offers Best Measurement Yet