Making observations. Principle investigator Junya Arita and co-investigator, Yoshihiro Takeda making observations in the control room of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Image credit: Nobunari Kashikawa CC BY, University…
Category: Astronomy
New Light on Strange Lava Worlds
Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system. Lava world – artistic interpretation. Image…
Improving Detection of Gravitational Waves
A Cardiff University undergraduate has collaborated with academics from the US on a project to improve gravitational waves detectors at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) as part of a…
Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1: Insights into Atmosphere and Star
A new study of the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system has demonstrated the complex interaction between the activity of the system’s star and its planetary features. Astronomers led by a team…
The Universe Caught Suppressing Cosmic Structure Growth
Scientists expect large cosmic structures to grow at a certain rate as the universe evolves: dense regions such as galaxy clusters would grow denser, while the void of space would…
Getting a Firm Grip on Robotics Research
Christian Hable and Matthew Zhu, two students from Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia, displayed an interest in engineering and robotics that began in early childhood when both explored designing…
SPHEREx Space Telescope Stays Cool in Basement
NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has been tucked inside a custom-built chamber on and off for the past two months undergoing tests to prepare it for its two-year mission in space. …
Webb Snaps Supersonic Outflow of Young Star
This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope image features Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), a bipolar jet traveling through interstellar space at supersonic speeds. At roughly 1000 light-years from Earth in…
What Can NASA Glean From Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample?
The conclusion of a 4 billion-mile journey to visit the asteroid Bennu could soon offer a glimpse at the Earth as it was more than 4 billion years ago. Asteroid…
‘Bubble’ of Galaxies: Revolution of Cosmology
An international team of astronomers has discovered a giant ‘bubble’ of galaxies, measuring one billion light-years across, in the nearby universe. Team member Dr Cullan Howlett from The University of…
