Scientists make a surprising finding in the early universe
The formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early Universe took place sooner than previously thought, says new study.
A European team of...
Our Milk Way’s halo is at least 10 times hotter than previously thought
The halo that surrounds our own Milky Way galaxy is much hotter than scientists once believed - and it may not be unique among...
Scientists find the major producers of lithium in our galaxy
Scientists, led by astrophysicist Professor Sumner Starrfield, have determined that a class of stellar explosions, called classical novae, are responsible for most of the...
Why the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu have their signature “spinning-top” shapes
Scientists with NASA's first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, are gaining a new understanding of asteroid Bennu's carbon-rich material and signature "spinning-top" shape.
The team,...
Scientists solve decades-old mystery of missing matter in the universe
Astronomers have used mysterious fast radio bursts to solve a decades-old mystery of “missing matter,” material long predicted to exist in the universe but...
The first known interstellar object ‘Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg, says study
‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through Earth’s solar system, has been called many things: a comet, an asteroid, a cigar-shaped spaceship.
Now...
Scientists find a much earlier birth date for tectonic plates
Yale geophysicists reported that Earth’s ever-shifting, underground network of tectonic plates was firmly in place more than 4 billion years ago — at least...
Scientists find a new class of cosmic explosions
Astronomers have found two objects that, added to a strange object discovered in 2018, constitute a new class of cosmic explosions.
The new type of...
Astronomers create cloud atlas for hot, Jupiter-like exoplanets
Giant planets in our solar system and circling other stars have exotic clouds unlike anything on Earth.
The gas giants orbiting close to their stars...
New infrared telescope could spot cosmic hidden treasures
A new infrared telescope, to be designed and built by astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU), will monitor the entire southern sky in...