Scientists capture star couple 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) and Yunnan Observatory in China.
Half of all...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid set off monster tsunami
The asteroid known for killing most dinosaurs also triggered a monstrous tsunami with mile-high waves that scoured the ocean floor thousands of miles from...
Astronomers find a cataclysmic pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet
Nearly half the stars in our galaxy are solitary like the sun.
The other half comprises stars that circle other stars, in pairs and multiples,...
Laughing gas N2O could help search for life on exoplanets
Scientists at UC Riverside are suggesting something is missing from the typical roster of chemicals that astrobiologists use to search for life on planets...
Rover findings offer glimpse of ancient landscape on Mars
CU Boulder geologist Lisa Mayhew is among the scientists working to recreate the history of an ancient landscape that wouldn’t look out of place...
Vredefort crater asteroid was bigger than one that killed off dinosaurs
The impactor that formed the Vredefort crater, Earth’s largest, about two billion years ago, was probably much bigger than previously believed—and would have had...
Scientists develop novel transistors to explore Jupiter’s Europa
Europa is more than just one of Jupiter’s many moons – it’s also one of most promising places in the solar system to look...
Scientists discover Milky Way galaxy’s graveyard of dead stars
In the first map of the 'galactic underworld', a new study has revealed a graveyard that stretches three times the height of the Milky...
Scientists find first traces of the universe’s earliest stars
Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the Universe.
Using an innovative analysis of a distant quasar...
Scientists discover moon asteroid impacts mirrored on Earth
Scientists have found asteroid impacts on the Moon millions of years ago coincided precisely with some of the largest meteorite impacts on Earth, such...