The moon Enceladus, photographed by the Cassini NASA spacecraft The discovery of phosphates in the subterranean ocean of Enceladus makes it habitable, although not necessarily…
Thanks to the Webb Space Observatory, they discover that galaxies transformed the early universe
The finding by scientists from the University of Zurich and published by NASA sheds light on a period known scientifically as ‘the Era of Reionization’,…
Betelgeuse continues to behave mysteriously: this is what would happen if it exploded
The bright, red star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion showed unexpected behavior. In late 2019 and 2020, it became weaker than we’ve ever seen it,…
Astronomers discover a planetary system similar to the mythical Tatooine from ‘Star Wars’
Circumbinary systems are those in which the planets orbit around two suns, and this is the second to have more than one planet An international…
New results from the IceCube neutrino observatory and the Fermi Space Telescope
New research provides preliminary evidence in support of a model of quantum gravity that suggests that the velocity of ultrarelativistic particles decreases with increasing energy.…
Long-rising Type II Supernovae in the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe
Recently, a group of astronomers led by Tawny Sit of The Ohio State University (OSU) identified 13 long-evolving Type II SNe (out of a total…
The NASA spacecraft that got so close to a star and found the source of a solar wind
It is called Solar Parker Probe, and it came within 20 million kilometers of the star according to official reports. The National Aeronautics and Space…
A New Cosmological Model of Dark Matter
The scientists showed that the centers of dark matter halos in this new fuzzy model of dark matter are virtually giant BECs, extending not over…
Dying stars build gigantic ‘cocoons’ that shake the fabric of space-time
Since the first direct detection of space-time ripples known as gravitational waves was announced in 2016, astronomers regularly hear the sound of black holes throughout…
Strange star can reveal what ancient supernovae were like
A star with a curious chemical composition has been found. Called LAMOST J1010+2358, it sits in the Milky Way’s halo and contains evidence of ancient…