Scientists find a new type of star dust in Allende meteorite
Scientists have discovered a new type of star dust whose composition indicates that it formed during a rare form of nucleosynthesis (the process through...
Scientists detect previously unseen star formation in our Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers using two of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes have made a detailed and sensitive survey of a large segment of our home...
Scientists use seismic data to look inside Mars for the first time
Since early 2019, researchers have been recording and analyzing marsquakes as part of the InSight mission.
This relies on a seismometer whose data acquisition and...
Scientists take pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole
Scientists anchored by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, which is known for capturing the first image of a black hole in the galaxy Messier...
Supermassive black holes do put a brake on stellar births, shows study
Black holes with masses equivalent to millions of suns do put a brake on the birth of new stars, say astronomers.
Using machine learning and...
Tallest mountains on neutron stars may be only fractions of millimeters high, shows study
New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of millimetres high, due to the huge gravity on the...
Scientists detect first black hole-neutron star mergers
A long time ago, in two galaxies about 900 million light-years away, two black holes each gobbled up their neutron star companions, triggering gravitational...
New ESO images reveal stunning features of nearby galaxies
Astronomers have released new observations of nearby galaxies that resemble colourful cosmic fireworks.
The images, obtained with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's...
Scientists reveal the sun’s electric field
As the Parker Solar Probe ventures closer to the sun, we are learning new things about our home star.
In a new study, physicists led...
Teardrop star reveals hidden supernova doom, shows study
Astronomers have made the rare sighting of two stars spiraling to their doom by spotting the tell-tale signs of a teardrop-shaped star.
The tragic shape...