Researchers used quantum simulations to obtain new insights into the nature of neutrinos — the mysterious subatomic particles that abound throughout the universe — and their role in the deaths…
Category: Astronomy
Webb Telescope finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star
An international team of astronomers, including scientists from the University of Arizona, has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young,…
Fresh wind blows from historical supernova
A mysterious remnant from a rare type of supernova recorded in 1181 has been explained for the first time. Two white dwarf stars collided, creating a temporary “guest star,” now…
Researchers detect water frost on Solar system’s tallest volcanoes
A research team unveiled that Mars’ Tharsis volcanoes have on and off patches of water frost, challenging previous assumptions about the Martian climate and helping shed light on how water…
XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes
Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have launched a balloon-borne telescope to unlock the secrets of astrophysical black holes and neutron stars, some of the most extreme objects in…
The origins of dark comets
According to a University of Michigan study, up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets or mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system. These comets…
Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions
Most stars in our universe come in pairs. While our own Sun is a loner, many stars like our Sun orbit similar stars, while a host of other exotic pairings…
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will detect thousands of elusive brown dwarfs, unlocking Milky Way mysteries
Too big to be planets but too small to be stars, distant brown dwarfs are a key ingredient for understanding the history of the Milky Way. These elusive objects have…
Nearest millisecond pulsar has radius of 11.4 kilometers and is 1.4x as heavy as the sun
The nearest millisecond pulsar, PSR J0437-4715, has a radius of 11.4 kilometers and a mass 1.4 times that of the Sun. This is the result of precision measurements made by…
Slow-spinning radio neutron star breaks all the rules
No other radio-emitting neutron star, out of the more than 3000 discovered so far, has been discovered rotating so slowly. The results are published today in Nature Astronomy. Lead author…
