Bizarre Things: Space & Time
September 30, 2024
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Sep. 23, 2024 — Researchers find certain biosignature molecules may not indicate life is present, contrary to popular ...
Sep. 26, 2024 — A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf, a system ...
Sep. 26, 2024 — In a surprise finding, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory. The stars, called ...
Sep. 25, 2024 — New research suggests Mars' missing atmosphere -- which dramatically diminished 3.5 billion years ago -- could be locked in the planet's clay-covered crust. Water on Mars could have set off a chain reaction that drew CO2 out of the atmosphere and ...
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Sep. 25, 2024 — The SAGA Survey just published three new research articles that provide us with new insights into the uniqueness of our own Milky Way Galaxy after completing the census of 101 satellite systems ...
Sep. 25, 2024 — Researchers examined Neptunian exoplanets -- these planets share similar characteristics to our own Neptune, but orbit outside of our solar system. Scientists discovered a new area called the ...
Sep. 25, 2024 — The discovery of a 'weird' and unprecedented galaxy in the early Universe could 'help us understand how the cosmic story began', astronomers say. GS-NDG-9422 (9422) was found approximately one ...
Sep. 24, 2024 — Astronomers have observed the atmosphere of a hot and uniquely inflated exoplanet using NASA's James Webb Space ...
Sep. 23, 2024 — Observations confirm astronomers' expectation that early-Universe quasars formed in regions of space densely populated with companion galaxies. DECam's exceptionally wide field of view and special ...
Sep. 19, 2024 — By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io -- the most volcanically active location in the solar system -- astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary ...
Sep. 19, 2024 — Researchers have developed a Martian atmospheric evolution model to propose a new theory about Mars's ...
Sep. 18, 2024 — A newly discovered cluster-scale strong gravitational lens, with a rare alignment of seven background lensed galaxies, provides a unique opportunity to study ...
Sep. 18, 2024 — Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to ...
Sep. 18, 2024 — Astronomers examined galaxy Arp 107 which has revealed a wealth of information about star-formation and how two galaxies collided hundreds of million years ago. Arp 107 is located 465 million ...
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Sep. 17, 2024 — Watching for changes in Mars' orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter, according to ...
Sep. 17, 2024 — With the help of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has found more black holes in the early universe than has previously been reported. The new result can help ...
Sep. 16, 2024 — Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new ...
Sep. 13, 2024 — Physicists propose that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how the early universe ...
Sep. 13, 2024 — Hundreds of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been recorded as part of an enormous global effort so extensive it 'rivals the catalog of deep-sky objects created by Messier 250 years ago', ...
Sep. 12, 2024 — Extreme conditions prevail inside stars and planets. The pressure reaches millions of bars, and it can be several million degrees hot. Sophisticated methods make it possible to create such states of ...
Sep. 12, 2024 — Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than ...
Sep. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have captured images of a star other than the Sun in enough detail to track the motion of bubbling gas on its surface. The images of the star, R Doradus, were obtained in July and August ...
Sep. 9, 2024 — In a new study, astronomers report novel evidence regarding the limits of planet formation, finding that after a certain point, planets larger than Earth have difficulty forming near low-metallicity ...
Sep. 6, 2024 — An AI-powered tool can distinguish dark matter's elusive effects from other cosmic phenomena, which could bring us closer to unlocking the secrets of dark ...
Sep. 6, 2024 — A team models the atmospheres of distant planets using neural ...
Sep. 6, 2024 — Researchers have discovered compelling evidence suggesting that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is likely the result of a past ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — A better understanding of the inner workings of neutron stars will lead to a greater knowledge of the dynamics that underpin the workings of the universe and also could help drive future technology. ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — A research team has discovered a small planet that displays peculiar orbital motion. The shimmying planet, located 455 light-years from Earth, shows that planetary systems can be considerably more ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — It's 7 billion years ago, and the universe's heyday of star formation is beginning to slow. What might our Milky Way galaxy have looked like at that time? Astronomers have found clues in ...
Sep. 3, 2024 — Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which ...
Sep. 3, 2024 — Over billions of years, the universe's stars and galaxies shined their light into space, leaving behind an imperceptibly faint night light known as the cosmic optical background. NASA's New ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Astronomers have spotted a pair of galaxies in the act of merging 12.8 billion years ago. The characteristics of these galaxies indicate that the merger will form a monster galaxy, one of the ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — To understand the mysteries surrounding black holes, researchers at Tohoku University have created a simulation of accretion disk turbulence that possesses the highest-resolution currently ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — Supermassive black holes typically take billions of years to form. But the James Webb Space Telescope is finding them not that long after the Big Bang -- before they should have had time to form. ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- A Wobble from Mars Could Be Sign of Dark Matter
- More Black Holes Than Expected in the Early Universe
Monday, September 16, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
- Early Dark Energy Could Resolve Cosmology's Two Biggest Puzzles
- Huge Gamma-Ray Burst Collection 'rivals 250-Year-Old Messier Catalog'
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Monday, September 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
- 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
- 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
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Dancing Galaxies Make a Monster at the Cosmic Dawn
- Supercomputer Simulations Reveal the Nature of Turbulence in Black Hole Accretion Disks
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
- Highest-Resolution Observations Yet from the Surface of Earth
- Hidden Magmatism Discovered at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site
- Six New Rogue Worlds: Star Birth Clues
Monday, August 26, 2024
- First Low Frequency Search for Alien Technology in Distant Galaxies
- Early Galaxies Were Not Too Big for Their Britches After All
- New Record in Search for Dark Matter
Friday, August 23, 2024
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- New View of North Star Reveals Spotted Surface
- Spectacular Increase in the Deuterium/hydrogen Ratio in Venus' Atmosphere
Friday, August 16, 2024
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
- Galaxies in Dense Environments Tend to Be Larger, Settling One Cosmic Question and Raising Others
- Rocks from Mars' Jezero Crater, Which Likely Predate Life on Earth, Contain Signs of Water
- Engineers Conduct First in-Orbit Test of 'swarm' Satellite Autonomous Navigation
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Monday, August 12, 2024
- Engineers Make Tunable, Shape-Changing Metamaterial Inspired by Vintage Toys
- Scientists Find Oceans of Water on Mars: It's Just Too Deep to Tap
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
- International Space Station Crew Carries out Archeological Survey in Space
- Findings from First Archaeology Project in Space
- Scientists Lay out Revolutionary Method to Warm Mars
Monday, August 5, 2024
Friday, August 2, 2024
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
- Scientists Devise Method to Secure Earth's Biodiversity on the Moon
- The Rotation of a Nearby Star Stuns Astronomers
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
- What No One Has Seen Before -- Simulation of Gravitational Waves from Failing Warp Drive
- The Corona Is Weirdly Hot: Parker Solar Probe Rules out One Explanation
Monday, July 29, 2024
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
- Dark Matter Flies Ahead of Normal Matter in Mega Galaxy Cluster Collision
- Images of Nearest 'super-Jupiter' Open a New Window to Exoplanet Research
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Want to Spot a Deepfake? Look for the Stars in Their Eyes
- Astronomers Spot a 'highly Eccentric' Planet on Its Way to Becoming a Hot Jupiter
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- How Astronomers Are Using Pulsars to Observe Evidence of Dark Matter
- Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions
- Food Aroma Study May Help Explain Why Meals Taste Bad in Space
- New Analysis of Cassini Data Yields Insights Into Titan's Seas
- Bizarre 'garden Sprinkler-Like' Jet Is Spotted Shooting out of Neutron Star
Monday, July 15, 2024
- NASA's Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World
- Scorching Storms on Distant Worlds Revealed
- Cosmic Wrestling Match
Friday, July 12, 2024
- Vivid Portrait of Interacting Galaxies Marks Webb's Second Anniversary
- How the 'heart and Lungs' Of a Galaxy Extend Its Life
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Mars Likely Had Cold and Icy Past, New Study Finds
- The Origins of Dark Comets
- Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- Found With Webb: A Potentially Habitable Icy World
- New Way for Beneficial Microbes to Survive Extreme Conditions and Space Exploration
Monday, July 8, 2024
Friday, July 5, 2024
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Monday, July 1, 2024
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
- Tiny Bright Objects Discovered at Dawn of Universe Baffle Scientists
- Too Many Missing Satellite Galaxies Found
- New Class of Mars Quakes Reveals Daily Meteorite Strikes
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Precision Instrument Bolsters Efforts to Find Elusive Dark Energy
- Shocked Quartz Reveals Evidence of Historical Cosmic Airburst
- Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb Telescopes
- Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Monday, June 24, 2024
- Geologists Expect Chang'e-6 Lunar Surface Samples to Contain Volcanic Rock and Impact Ejecta
- A Hidden Treasure in the Milky Way -- Astronomers Uncover Ultrabright X-Ray Source
- Star Clusters Observed Within a Galaxy in the Early Universe
- First of Its Kind Detection Made in Striking New Webb Image
Thursday, June 20, 2024
- Iron Meteorites Hint That Our Infant Solar System Was More Doughnut Than Dartboard
- Supermassive Black Hole Appears to Grow Like a Baby Star
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
- Titan's Lakes May Be Shaped by Waves
- Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Not the Same One Cassini Observed in 1600s