Astronomers may find a rare ‘black widow’ binary star system
The star system is likely older than the sun and is orbited by a far-off star.
Astronomers have discovered what could be a "black widow"...
Scientists find clues about how hot Jupiters form
Since the first hot Jupiter was discovered in 1995, astronomers have been trying to figure out how the searing-hot exoplanets formed and arrived in...
Scientists find a way to “see” invisible black holes
Astronomers may have discovered the first free-floating black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, thanks to a technique called gravitational microlensing.
With new observations,...
Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid
After a six-year journey, a plucky spacecraft called Hayabusa2 zinged back into Earth’s atmosphere in late 2020 and landed deep in the Australian outback.
When...
NASA’s NuSTAR mission celebrates 10 years in space
Launched from a rocket strapped to the belly of an aircraft on June 13, 2012, NASA's NuSTAR mission is celebrating 10 years in space.
The...
Yoyo stars caused off-center bubbles of ionized gas, shows study
Astronomers have developed a new code to simulate the formation of a cluster of baby stars.
Comparison with the well-known real case of the Orion...
Astronomers detect rare and strange radio burst
Astronomers have found only the second example of a highly active, repeating Fast Radio Burst (FRB) with a compact source of weaker but persistent...
Salt may be the key to life on Earth and beyond
The composition of the atmosphere, especially the abundance of greenhouse gases, influences Earth’s climate.
Researchers at Purdue University, led by Stephanie Olson, assistant professor of...
Scientists make new findings about the life’s origin on Earth and maybe Mars
Scientists at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution announced that ribonucleic acid (RNA), an analog of DNA that was likely the first genetic material...
Astronomers find 116,000 new variable stars
Ohio State University astronomers have identified about 116,000 new variable stars, according to a new paper.
These heavenly bodies were found by The All-Sky Automated...