The first exoplanet has been discovered by Subaru Strategic Program using the infrared spectrograph IRD on the Subaru Telescope (IRD-SSP). This planet, Ross 508b, is a super-Earth with about four tim… [+7888 chars]
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted what they think may be the farthest galaxy ever seen — a distant red smudge 35 billion light-years away. The galaxy, named CEERS-93316, … [+4174 chars]
A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth. This is the first discovery by a new instrument on the Subaru Telescope and offers … [+2065 chars]
Deep evolution casts a longer shadow than previously thought, scientists report in a new paper published the week of Aug. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Smithsonian scienti… [+7132 chars]
Black holes are among the largest, most massive objects in the universe. A black hole is defined as any object whose gravitational pull is so strong that not even light can escape, hence why they are… [+3144 chars]
Looking out of his backyard in the Canadian town of Strathmore, amateur astronomer and photographer Alan Dyer saw an unfamiliar sight dancing in the night sky: rippling arcs of reddish-pink aurora bo… [+2661 chars]
Experiments presented herein were performed at Nagoya University and Tsukuba University. All methods were carried out in accordance with the Regulations on the Handling of Animal Experiments in each … [+21162 chars]
Curiosity is making its way through the stunning “Paraitepuy Pass,” the little canyon that runs between the “Deepdale” and “Bolivar” buttes to our east and west, respectively. The canyon floor is fil… [+1914 chars]
The GOES-17 satellite captured images of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image… [+5844 chars]
Here on Earth, the fastest winds ever recorded reached 248 miles per hour (408 km/h) during a tropical cyclone in Australia in 1996. Although that seems extremely fast, its nothing compared to the fa… [+2451 chars]
Extreme events such as the "North China Super Sandstorms" in March 2021 have significant impacts on human life, socio-economics and agricultural production. In addition to local meteorological condit… [+2510 chars]
Humans are good at looking at images and finding patterns or making comparisons. Look at a collection of dog photos, for example, and you can sort them by color, by ear size, by face shape, and so on… [+6122 chars]
