Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe
Sometimes to know what the matter is, you have to find it first.
When the universe began, matter was flung outward and gradually formed the...
Astronomers find 25 fast radio bursts that repeat on a regular basis
Like Gravitational Waves (GWs) and Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are one of the most powerful and mysterious astronomical phenomena today.
These transient...
Volcano-like rupture could have caused magnetar slowdown
Star’s sudden slowdown allows for test of ‘anti-glitch’ theory.
On Oct. 5, 2020, the rapidly rotating corpse of a long-dead star about 30,000 light years...
Souped up Hall thrusters might get people to Mars
Running more propellant through a Hall thruster might power a crewed mission to Mars, experiments suggest.
It was believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind...
NASA’s Fermi detects first gamma-ray eclipses from spider star systems
Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
Scientists discover origins of icy building blocks of life
In a new study, scientists have discovered ice in deeper regions of such a molecular cloud than ever before.
How a 3 cm glass sphere could help understand space weather
UCLA researchers reproduced the gravity that exists on or near stars and other planets inside of a 3 cm glass sphere.
Ultracool dwarf binary stars orbit each other every 20 hours. They were once almost...
Astrophysicists have discovered a binary pair of ultra-cool dwarfs so close together that they look like a single star.
They’re remarkable because they only take...
More galaxies were born in the early universe than we thought
Astronomers suggest more galaxies formed in the early universe than previously thought.
In their new study, the researchers discovered 87 galaxies that could be the...
Ryugu asteroid helps reveal how the solar system was formed
Our solar system is estimated to be about 4.57 billion years old.
Previous analyses of ancient meteorites have shown that minerals were created through chemical...