Scientists are taking the temperature of dark matter
Warm, cold, just right?
Physicists at the University of California, Davis are taking the temperature of dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up about...
In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid — not volcanoes
Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international, Yale-led team of...
Galactic collision helped shape our galaxy 11.5 billion years ago
Thanks to some astrophysical sleuthing, researchers have pinpointed an early galactic merger that helped shape the Milky Way.
The merger — a collision, actually —...
Scientists find a ‘cold Neptune’ and two temperate super-Earths
A "cold Neptune" and two potentially habitable worlds are part of a cache of five newly discovered exoplanets and eight exoplanet candidates found orbiting...
Astronomers discover new bizarre objects near our galaxy’s enormous black hole
Astronomers from UCLA's Galactic Center Orbits Initiative have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center of our galaxy, not far from...
How the solar system got its ‘Great Divide,’ and why it matters for life...
Scientists, including those from the University of Colorado Boulder, have finally scaled the solar system's equivalent of the Rocky Mountain range.
In a study published...
Scientists find the oldest material on Earth in a meteorite
Stars have life cycles.
They're born when bits of dust and gas floating through space find each other and collapse in on each other and...
Stellar heavy metals can trace history of galaxies
Astronomers have cataloged signs of 9 heavy metals in the infrared light from supergiant and giant stars.
New observations based on this catalog will help...
Shocked meteorites provide clues to Earth’s lower mantle
Deep below the Earth's surface lies a thick rocky layer called the mantle, which makes up the majority of our planet's volume.
While Earth's mantle...
Mars is losing water faster than expected
The small red planet is losing water more quickly than what theory as well as past observations would suggest.
The gradual disappearance of water (H2O)...