Tag: Stars/The Sun

'Magneto-rotational hypernova' soon after the Big Bang fuelled high levels of uranium, zinc in ancient stellar oddityCredit: Da Costa/SkyMapper A ...

Credit: CLUES simulation team Historically most scientists thought that once a satellite galaxy has passed close by its higher mass ...

Researchers use unusual meteorite to gain insight into our solar system's past, presentCredit: Ryan Ogliore, Washington University in St. Louis ...

MMS data reveal a mechanism for accelerating heavy ionsCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- July 6, 2021 -- Scientists have used ...

Researchers account for some of the lithium missing from our universeCredit: ©2021 Hayakawa et al. There is a significant discrepancy ...

Astronomers have identified a white dwarf so massive that it might collapseCredit: Giuseppe Parisi Maunakea and Haleakala, Hawai'i - Astronomers ...

New analysis by UChicago astronomer finds agreement with standard model in ongoing 'Hubble tension'Credit: ESA/NASA Our universe is expanding, but ...

A group of polymers across several members of the oldest meteorite class, the CV3 type, shed light on space chemistry ...

For the first time, researchers have confirmed the detection of a collision between a black hole and a neutron star. ...

Astronomers studying stellar pairs uncover evidence that there could be many more Earth-sized planets than previously thoughtCredit: Images and Videos: ...

Credit: Joseph Depasquale, STScI An international team of astronomers has observed the first example of a new type of supernova. ...

Credit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory A worldwide team led by scientists at Las Cumbres Observatory has discovered the first ...

Extreme pressure at Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national labsCredit: Photo by Leo Molina ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Like two superheroes finally ...

Cosmic dawn, when stars formed for the first time, occurred 250 million to 350 million years after the beginning of ...

Credit: NASA/SAO/NCSU/Borkowski et al. Motions of a remarkable cosmic structure have been measured for the first time, using NASA's Chandra ...

Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Olmsted (STScI) Quasars are very bright, distant and active supermassive black holes that are millions ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Scientists at Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems - ...

UMD-led team used NASA's SOFIA telescope to capture high-resolution details of a star nursery in the Milky WayCredit: Artist Rendering ...

New survey reveals that the presence of gaps in planet-forming disks is more common to higher mass stars and to ...

Project led by Assistant Professor Michael Zemcov will explore extragalactic background light By sending a Black Brant IX rocket on ...