Scientists detect 1652 radio bursts from 3 billion light-years away
What seemed a cosmic trickle almost a decade ago now appears as a rapid-fire barrage from across the universe.
An international team of astronomers including...
Did Venus, Earth’s twin sister, ever have oceans?
The planet Venus can be seen as the Earth’s evil twin.
At first sight, it is of comparable mass and size as our home planet,...
Scientists detect strange radio waves from the direction of the galactic center
Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the direction of the Milky Way’s center.
The radio waves fit no currently understood pattern of variable radio...
Scientists reveal the nature of unknown gamma-ray sources
Astronomers have unveiled the nature of hundreds of gamma-ray emitting sources, discovering that most of them belong to the class of active galaxies known...
Scientists discover unexpectedly radio signals from distant stars
Using the world’s most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.
The University...
New moon rocks brought back by Chang’e-5 are 1.97 billion years old
A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in...
Scientists reveal the origin of unusually heavy neutron star binaries
A new study reveals how the explosion of a stripped massive star in a supernova can lead to the formation of a heavy neutron...
Jezero crater on Mars was once a quiet lake, shows study
The first scientific analysis of images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover has now confirmed that Mars’ Jezero crater — which today is a dry,...
Why asteroid Bennu has so craggy surface
Scientists thought asteroid Bennu's surface would be like a sandy beach, abundant in fine sand and pebbles, which would have been perfect for collecting...
Scientists discover a “window” to the early solar system
The dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists better understand the earliest era in the formation of our solar system.
Two recent papers involving scientists from...