Pulsars are the exploded remnants of dead stars, either neutron stars or white dwarf stars feed on material from an orbiting companion, usually a super Jupiter or a brown dwarf, releasing jets of lig… [+2195 chars]
The absorption of a small galaxy into a larger spiral galaxy seems to have acted as a 'black hole delivery system' leaving a distant galaxy with two supermassive black holes that will eventually coll… [+3182 chars]
The eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga that triggered a tsunami earlier this year (January 2022), released more energy than the Tsar Bombathe most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonatedaccordi… [+3549 chars]
How do different materials react to the impact of ions? This is a question that plays an important role in many areas of researchfor example, in nuclear fusion research, when the walls of the fusion … [+4711 chars]
Despite loads of circumstantial evidence for the existence of dark matter — the mysterious form of matter that dominates galaxies and clusters — astronomers have yet to make direct observations of i… [+5947 chars]
The history of water on Mars flows a lot deeper than scientists once believed. A new project has mapped hundreds of thousands of rock formations on the Red Planet that may have been altered by large … [+2387 chars]
Against the backdrop of a rapidly warming planet, the need to better understand the nature and long-term impact of positive climatic feedback loopsprocesses that accelerate the effects of warmingbeco… [+4891 chars]
Fans of astrophotography are currently feasting thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, but Hubble isn’t ready to be forgotten yet. Its latest capture is a gorgeous glittering star cluster in the c… [+2522 chars]
China is building the world's largest array of telescopes dedicated to studying the sun with the aim to improve the understanding of coronal mass ejections which can cause chaos on and above Earth. … [+2232 chars]
A false color composite image of Jupiter obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 27.The Associated Press The worlds newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, … [+1526 chars]
Despite loads of circumstantial evidence for the existence of dark matter — the mysterious form of matter that dominates galaxies and clusters — astronomers have yet to make direct observations of i… [+5947 chars]
On August 20, 1977, 45 years ago, an extraordinary spacecraft left this planet on a journey like no other. Voyager 2 was going to show us, for the first time, what the outer solar system planets look… [+5219 chars]