Scientists find newborn jets in distant galaxies
Astronomers using data from the ongoing VLA Sky Survey have found distant galaxies with supermassive black holes at their cores that have launched powerful,...
Scientists get the lowdown on sun’s super-hot atmosphere
A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a long-standing mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of...
Australia-bound asteroid sample may reveal life’s origins
A Japanese space mission will deliver samples collected from asteroid Ryugu in a capsule to the outback desert of Woomera in South Australia this...
Supernova finding blows up an elemental origin theory
One of the most important reactions in the universe can get a huge and unexpected boost inside exploding stars known as supernovae, according to...
How meteorite strikes may change quartz on the Earth’s surface
Our Earth is constantly battered by tiny pieces of space rock.
Most of them burn up in the atmosphere, and these are called meteors.
But when...
Scientists find key clues about our solar system’s early history
In a new study, scientists use magnetism to determine, for the first time, when carbonaceous chondrite asteroids--asteroids that are rich in water and amino...
Unusual stingray nebula fades and changes shape amazingly fast
Stars are rather patient.
They can live for billions of years, and they typically make slow transitions -- sometimes over many millions of years --...
NASA’s Voyager spacecraft detect new type of solar electron burst
More than 40 years since they launched, the Voyager spacecraft are still making discoveries.
In a new study, a team of physicists led by the...
Scientists find most habitable region on Mars
The most habitable region for life on Mars would have been up to several miles below its surface, likely due to subsurface melting of...
Earth is faster, closer to supermassive black hole in new map of galaxy
Earth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
But...