Astrophysics

New efforts provide additional avenues for discovery Emerging technologies and new strategies are opening a revitalized era in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). New discovery capabilities, along with the…

Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory/ AIA A new study led by the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa has helped refine understanding of the amount of hydrogen, helium and other elements present in violent outbursts from the Sun,…

Credit: ESO/M. Montargès et al. Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. The stunning new images of the star's…

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Planetary scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed the secrets of the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. The team found a chemical…

Thermodynamic properties of hydroxylammonium nitrate-based electric solid propellant plasmaCredit: NASA Electric solid propellants are being explored as a safer option for pyrotechnics, mining, and in-space propulsion because…

A sizable international team published findings about the discovery of a new binary star in Astronomy & AstrophysicsCredit: Warsaw University A co-author from Kazan University, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Tatarstan…

Credit: NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/CTIO/AURA/DELVE In June 2019, the International Astronomical Union expressed concern about the negative impact that the planned mega-constellations of communication…

Brown dwarfs traversing space together, but separated by billions of miles, puzzle scientistsCredit: William Pendrill Citizen scientists have uncovered a bizarre pairing of two brown dwarfs, objects much smaller than the Sun that lack…

Credit: Dr Micha Ruhl The world is waking up to the fact that human-driven carbon emissions are responsible for warming our climate, driving unprecedented changes to ecosystems, and placing us on course for the sixth mass…

Credit: (Image Courtesy of ESA/ATG Medialab) WASHINGTON -- The Solar Orbiter mission will use a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-designed and -built heliospheric camera, known as SoloHI, to provide unique perspectives and unprecedented…