Astronomers detect extreme weather on ultra-hot Jupiters
In studying a unique class of ultra-hot exoplanets, NASA Hubble Space Telescope astronomers may be in the mood for dancing to the Calypso party...
NASA’s Hubble finds a planet forming in an unconventional way
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has directly photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an "intense and violent process."
This discovery...
How would a nuclear winter impact food production
The day after lead author Daniel Winstead approved the final proofs for a study to be published in Ambio, Russia put its nuclear forces...
Scientists discover new source of super-fast electron rain raining down on Earth
UCLA scientists have discovered a new source of super-fast, energetic electrons raining down on Earth, a phenomenon that contributes to the colorful aurora borealis...
Scientists find mysterious wave in the sun with unexplained speed
Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's (NYUAD) Center for Space Science have discovered a new set of waves in the sun that, unexpectedly, appear to...
Scientists develop the largest, most detailed model of the early universe to date
It all started around 13.8 billion years ago with a big, cosmological “bang” that brought the universe suddenly and spectacularly into existence.
Shortly after, the...
This experiment could confirm the fifth element in the universe
An experiment that could confirm the fifth state of matter in the universe - and change physics as we know it - has been...
Why would an alien civilization send out Von Neumann Probes?
In 1948-49, mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, and engineer John von Neumann introduced the world to his idea of “Universal Assemblers,” a species of self-replicating...
How to sail into interstellar space without melting
In new studies, astronomers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Los Angeles concluded that if spacecraft are to withstand interstellar...
Supermassive black hole creates massive bubbles at center of Milky Way
Since 2020, when the X-ray telescope eRosita took images of the bubbles, astronomers have debated their origin.
The new study also shows the jet began...