Between mountains in Hawai‘i, innovative scientists show precision timing at the quantum limit. Last year, scientists drove up Mauna Loa volcano on Hawai‘i, aimed a laser at a reflector positioned…
Category: Astronomy
What Keeps Venus Looking so Young? A Powerful Jolt Early on, Perhaps
A new study suggests that higher-energy bolide impacts created a superheated core and extended volcanism on Venus — leading to its younger surface appearance. Researchers at Yale and the Southwest…
What Spinning, Flashing Stars Reveal About Gravitational Waves and Galaxies?
The Stanford physicist and astrophysicist Roger Blandford discusses new findings related to gravitational waves observed with the help of spinning, flashing stars – and what it could reveal about how…
When Extraterrestrials Call, Are We Not Spoofed?
Scientists have devised a new technique for finding and vetting possible radio signals from other civilizations in our galaxy — a major advance in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)…
Studying Solar Flares, Sunspots Can Protect Earth
A USC Dornsife physicist explains how the Earth’s future is tied to the star it orbits. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare on Oct. 2,…
Mysterious Action of Ghost Stars in Our Galaxy
A now iconic collage showing 22 individual well-known PNe, artistically arranged in a spiral pattern by order of approximate physical size. Image credit: University of Manchester The alignment of planetary…
Global Efforts to Make Space More Sustainable
Leading researchers from across The University of Manchester (UoM) have given their support to a global initiative endorsed by His Majesty King Charles III promoting the sustainable use of space. A satellite,…
Striking Evidence of ‘Unusual’ Stellar Evolution
Magnetic stellar activity plays a key role in exoplanet habitability. Astronomers have found evidence that some stars boast unexpectedly strong surface magnetic fields, a discovery that challenges current models of…
Two Supernovae Spew Cosmic Dust, Webb Confirms
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made major strides in confirming the source of dust in early galaxies. Observations of two Type II supernovae, Supernova 2004et (SN 2004et)…
Planet Survives Threat of Engulfment by Its Star
As stars like our sun swell in size with age, they can become large enough to engulf their inner planets. In May of this year, astronomers used the Zwicky Transient…
