Hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher
Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, according to a new...
The ultimate fate of a star shredded by a black hole
In 2019, astronomers observed the nearest example to date of a star that was shredded, or “spaghettified,” after approaching too close to a massive...
Star couple caught ending their embrace
We now have new clues about a mysterious stage in the life of binary stars, thanks to research from The Australian National University (ANU)...
Scientists find how first quasars in universe formed
The mystery of how the first quasars in the universe formed—something that has baffled scientists for nearly 20 years—has now been solved.
The existence of...
Scientists detect mysterious radio bursts from space
The object, first discovered in 2019, emits frequent and repetitive bursts of radio waves
Astronomers using Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, or VLA, as...
Why does the inside of the solar system not spin faster
The motion of a tiny number of charged particles may solve a longstanding mystery about thin gas disks rotating around young stars, according to...
Scientists shed new light on dark matter
Scientists have developed a method for predicting the composition of dark matter—invisible matter detected only by its gravitational pull on ordinary matter and whose...
Cosmic radio pulses could help explore hidden matter around galaxies
Powerful radio pulses originating deep in the cosmos can be used to study hidden pools of gas cocooning nearby galaxies, according to a new...
Tonga volcano eruption triggered atmospheric gravity waves that reached the edge of space
The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai on 15 January 2022 created waves that reverberated around the earth and reached 100km into the ionosphere.
The eruption...
Scientists detect the slow spin of early galaxy for the first time
One of the most distant known galaxies, observed in the very earliest years of the Universe, appears to be rotating at less than a...