More about Bennu and other asteroids
Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim.
NEO surveyor instrument enclosure tested inside historic chamber for Apollo spacecraft testing
The instrument enclosure of NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor was prepared for critical environmental tests inside the historic Chamber A at the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in December 2024.
Massive boulders ejected during DART mission may complicate future asteroid deflection efforts
When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's orbit as intended—it unleashed a massive barrage of boulders that carried more than three times the momentum of the spacecraft itself.
Some small asteroids can abruptly explode
Some asteroids are more dangerous than others, according to a report published in Nature Astronomy by an international team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Auriane Egal of the Montreal Planetarium in Canada. The team had presented their findings of an investigation into the impact of small...
Evidence of cosmic impact discovered at classic Clovis archaeological sites
Researchers continue to build on a body of evidence for a fragmented comet that is thought to have exploded over Earth almost 13,000 years ago, which may have had a role in the disappearance of mammoths, mastodons and most of other megafauna at that time, and in the vanishing of the Clovis...
New evidence points to two distinct Australian tektite groups with different origins
Throughout the planet, there are only a handful of known tektite strewn fields, which are large swaths of land where natural glass (tektite) was strewn about after forming from terrestrial material and being ejected from a meteorite impact. The tektite glass can be ejected extremely long...
Earth's history written in the stars: Zircon crystals reveal galactic influence
New Curtin University research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth's crust, showing its development was shaped by the impact of meteorites during its journey through the Milky Way and not solely through internal processes as was previously...
Life after impact: New discovery links microbial colonization to ancient meteorite crater
In a scientific breakthrough with cosmic implications, researchers have, for the first time, precisely dated the emergence of microbial life within a meteorite impact crater—revealing that life not only survives catastrophe, but thrives in its aftermath.
Lucy's main belt target has its features named
When considering the unnamed major features of all the moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system, there are still a lot of places out there that need proper names. That means the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the non-governmental body responsible for naming astronomical objects...
First asteroid sightings push Hera's camera to the limit
ESA's Hera mission has captured images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration of agile spacecraft operations that could prove useful for planetary defense.
Ocean sediments might support theory that comet impact triggered Younger Dryas cool-off
Analysis of ocean sediments has surfaced geochemical clues in line with the possibility that an encounter with a disintegrating comet 12,800 years ago in the Northern Hemisphere triggered rapid cooling of Earth's air and ocean. Christopher Moore of the University of South Carolina, U.S., and...
Feasibility of chasing 58 km/s interstellar visitor examined by researchers
Since 2017, three interstellar objects have been spotted passing through our solar system: 1I/ʻOumuamua, 2I/Borisov… and just this month, 3I/ATLAS. Discovered on July 1 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert Survey, 3I/ATLAS is zipping through the inner solar system in the last half of 2025.
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Evidence found for planet around closest sun-like star
Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to find strong evidence for a planet orbiting a star in the triple system closest to our own sun. At just 4 light-years away from Earth, the Alpha Centauri star system has long been a compelling target in the search for worlds beyond our...
For medieval people, the moon was both a riddle and a blessing
Each night, the moon glistens in the night sky, replete with all sorts of meanings depending on the person viewing it. Poets and artists have contemplated it for thousands of years.
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Spacefarers may contaminate other worlds—but scientists have plans to keep the cosmos clean
In his inauguration speech in January, United States President Donald Trump declared the US would "plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars."
What is space junk and why does it pose an increasing risk for Earth? An expert explains
Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly by Starlink's orbital domination. We're getting more eyes (satellites) on the sky, but we're also creating an increasing amount of space junk that has scientists on edge.
Museum fossils go to space
The recent launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket marked several historic milestones. The 21-year-old crew member Karsen Kitchen set a record for the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line, the boundary 62 miles overhead that separates Earth's atmosphere from everything beyond it. It was...
Interstellar objects
A spacecraft could explore 3I/ATLAS to learn more about 'cosmic noon'
The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects dated to this period are coveted by scientists hoping to learn more about the processes that led to...
Shielding
Hydrogels could be ideal radiation protection for astronauts
It's a key problem that will need to be addressed if humans are to attempt deep-space, long-duration missions. Not only is radiation exposure a dangerous health risk to humans, but it also poses a hazard to equipment and operating systems. Now, a team at Ghent University in Belgium are testing a...
Radio silence broken--by airplanes (space comm)
Unexpected TV signal leads to a new method for filtering out unwanted radio frequencies
Astronomers sifting through data from the Murchison Widefield Array, a radio telescope in Western Australia, found themselves confronting an unexpected mystery.
Spaceflight Propulsion and tech
Engineers develop a fully 3D-printed electrospray engine that can power tiny satellites
An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. These miniature engines are ideal for small satellites called CubeSats that are often used in academic research.
Research sheds light on using multiple CubeSats for in-space servicing and repair missions
As more satellites, telescopes, and other spacecraft are built to be repairable, it will take reliable trajectories for service spacecraft to reach them safely. Researchers in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign...
How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will make a looping voyage to the moon
Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months to gradually line up for capture into lunar orbit.
Watchdog panel's annual NASA safety report reveals new Boeing Starliner issue, questions viable future
The annual watchdog report tasked to gauge NASA safety commended the agency's handling of last year's beleaguered Boeing Starliner mission, but revealed yet another issue found during the flight and questioned NASA's needs for the spacecraft in the future.
Bizarre compounds of oxygen and carbon with explosive potential revealed
Skoltech researchers have theoretically investigated the wide range of molecules that oxygen and carbon atoms can form in addition to the well-known carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Compounds of oxygen and carbon are of interest for space research, battery technology, biochemical studies...
Spacecraft can 'brake' in space using drag − advancing craft agility, space safety and planetary missions
When you put your hand out the window of a moving car, you feel a force pushing against you called drag. This force opposes a moving vehicle, and it's part of the reason why your car naturally slows to a stop if you take your foot off the gas pedal. But drag doesn't just slow down cars.
China's meteoric rise into space
While NASA maintains the lead in human space exploration, other nations have already begun their own projects. Take the China National Space Agency, for example, with their CLEP, or Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. If you have any doubts about the objectives of the program, just check out...
The global race to space isn't just about big countries
The United States and China aren't the only powerful, wealthy nations in the world, and they're certainly not the only nations active in space. For example, there are the Russians, who are…kind of distracted at the moment, so for our purposes there really isn't much to talk about there.
Is Earth orbit doomed to be a billionaire's playground?
If you want to get to the moon, you need to spend an enormous amount of resources developing, creating, testing, and deploying a variety of spacecraft and technologies. All you need is money. Lots of money. For decades, the only entities with enough green in checking accounts were large...
Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy could enable future satellite swarms to complete science goals with little human help
Astronauts living and working on the moon and Mars will rely on satellites to provide services like navigation, weather, and communications relays. While managing complex missions, automating satellite communications will allow explorers to focus on critical tasks instead of manually operating...
An interstellar mission to a black hole? Astrophysicist thinks it's possible
It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam and hurtling through space at the speed of light toward a black hole, on a mission to probe the very fabric of space and time and test the laws of physics. But to astrophysicist and black hole...
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Solar powered moon brick factory could build future lunar cities
Chinese scientists have developed a remarkable machine that could revolutionize how humans build structures on the moon. The device works like a 3D printer powered by concentrated sunlight, turning lunar soil (known as regolith) into strong construction bricks without needing any materials from...
From space science to dinner plates: Reimagining the future of farming indoors
Extreme weather events, from heavy rainfall to heat waves and droughts, are increasingly threatening crop yields globally, so new solutions are needed for agriculture.
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Astrophysicists suggest shaded outer disk regions formed Jupiter's largest moons
A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new theory about the formation of Jupiter's largest moons. In their paper published in The Planetary Science Journal, Antoine Schneeberger and Olivier Mousis describe how they...
From space science to dinner plates: Reimagining the future of farming indoors
Extreme weather events, from heavy rainfall to heat waves and droughts, are increasingly threatening crop yields globally, so new solutions are needed for agriculture.
Venus and Mercury
From terraced hills to collapsed soufflés, scientists decode Venus's mysterious surface
A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for features that characterize the surface of the solar system's hottest planet.
Supernovae
A rare type of supernova: Researchers reveal its explosion mechanisms
An international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant advancements in the observational study of the metamorphic supernova SN 2014C. Their work provides crucial insights into the explosion mechanisms of this rare type of supernova...
Black holes--no singularities?
Eliminating singularities: Physicists describe the creation of black holes through pure gravity
Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as singularities, i.e., points where the laws of physics break down. Identifying how singularities are resolved in the context of quantum gravity is one of the fundamental problems in...
36 billion solar masses: Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy harbors what may be the most massive black hole ever detected
Astronomers have discovered potentially the most massive black hole ever detected. The cosmic behemoth is close to the theoretical upper limit of what is possible in the universe and is 10,000 times heavier than the black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.
Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin
Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies.
A 'mysterious giant' behind binary black holes? Astronomers uncover first evidence of a third compact object
The binary black holes in the universe are already astonishing enough, but researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a groundbreaking discovery that these binary black holes may not be "lonely wanderers" after all—there could be an...
Primordial black hole's final burst may solve neutrino mystery
The last gasp of a primordial black hole may be the source of the highest-energy "ghost particle" detected to date, a new MIT study proposes.
Meet the universe's earliest confirmed black hole: A monster at the dawn of time
An international team of astronomers, led by The University of Texas at Austin's Cosmic Frontier Center, has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed. It and the galaxy it calls home, CAPERS-LRD-z9, are present 500 million years after the Big Bang. That places it 13.3 billion years...
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Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely
We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: Are we alone?
Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we're not alone
Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.
Scientists discover new sources for 'the molecule that made the universe'
From helping catalyze interstellar reactions and fueling the birth of stars to its presence in neighborhood gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter, trihydrogen, or H3+, is best known as the "the molecule that made the universe."
Interstellar visitors: Material from Alpha Centauri may already be here
The appearance of the interstellar objects (ISOs) 'Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come from? Unfortunately, they didn't stick around and wouldn't cooperate with our efforts to study them in detail...
Scientists spot candidate for speediest exoplanet system
Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly double our solar system's speed through the Milky Way.
White dwarf stars may host more habitable exoplanets than expected
Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could provide a stellar environment hospitable to life-supporting exoplanets, according to astronomers at the University of California, Irvine.
From collisions to stellar cannibalism—the surprising diversity of exploding white dwarfs
Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen astronomical sky survey. Their findings may help us more accurately measure distances in the universe and...
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Information collected by the world's largest radio telescope will be stored and processed by global data centers
When the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Observatory goes online later this decade, it will create one of science's biggest data challenges. The SKA Observatory is a global radio telescope project built in the Southern Hemisphere. There, views of our Milky Way are clearest and the SKA's remote...
Image: Westerlund 1, an eye-catching star cluster
Westerlund 1, the biggest and closest "super" star cluster to Earth, dazzles in this image released on July 23, 2025. This view combines X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (in pink, blue, purple, and orange), infrared data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (in yellow, gold...
Astronomers detect a new black-widow pulsar
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new "spider" millisecond pulsar, which received designation PSR J1544−2555. The finding was presented in a research paper published September 11 on the arXivpre-print server.
JWST observations discover a small star-forming complex
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have detected what appears to be a faint and small star-forming complex. The discovery of the new complex, which received the designation LAP2, is detailed in a research paper published Sept. 8 on the arXiv preprint server.
Baby star sets off explosion, gets caught in blast
Astronomers have observed an explosion in space that is pushing back against and influencing the baby star which triggered the explosion in the first place. If explosions like this one are common around young stars, then the young stars and their planets are exposed to a harsher environment than...
Supergiant star's gigantic bubble surprises scientists
Astronomers have discovered a vast and expanding bubble of gas and dust surrounding a red supergiant star—the largest structure of its kind ever seen in the Milky Way. The bubble, which contains as much mass as the sun, was blown out in a mysterious stellar eruption about 4,000 years ago. Why...
Astronomers reveal how molecular clouds survive in harsh outskirts of the galaxy
The outskirts of the Milky Way offer a unique laboratory to study molecular clouds and star formation under metal-poor conditions. Unlike the inner galaxy, including the solar neighborhood, the molecular gas in this region experiences low density, reduced metallicity, and minimal influence from...
Cloud–cloud collision sparks active star formation in Milky Way
A recent study led by Dilda Berdikhan, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered compelling evidence that a cloud–cloud collision has triggered active star formation in the molecular cloud G013.313+0.193 (hereafter...
Strange dwarf pulsars proposed as source of ultra-long-period radio transients
Researchers led by Prof. Zhou Xia from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators, made significant progress in understanding ultra-long-period radio transients (ULPTs), a mysterious class of astrophysical objects. The researchers proposed...
Scientists develop neural networks to enhance spectral data compression efficiency for new vacuum solar telescope
Researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Southwest Forestry University have developed an advanced neural network-based method to improve the compression of spectral data from the New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST).
Observations shed light on fragmentation code and growth mystery of high-mass star formation
A collaborative team has revealed new observational evidence that sheds light on the mystery of massive star formation. Researchers from Yunnan University, the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of Chile, along with other domestic and...
Solar threats?
Video: Watch wind whirl from the sun
Aside from sunlight, the sun sends out a gusty stream of particles called the solar wind. The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission is the first to capture on camera this wind flying out from the sun in a twisting, whirling motion. The solar wind particles spiral outward as if caught in a cyclone that...
New data shed light on impact of charged ions from coronal mass ejections
A new study has provided precise atomic data that shed light on the impact of charged ions from coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series on March 18, the study was led by researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy...
Shedding light on the source of solar storms
Solar storms that fling magnetism across the solar system can knock out satellites, power grids, communication and navigation systems, and endanger astronauts in space. Scientists can observe these phenomena, called coronal mass ejections (CMEs), as they happen, but it's difficult to predict...
Two spacecraft fly precisely in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new technology
During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the sun's corona—its outer atmosphere—in ways they are unable to do at any other time.
An AI model can forecast harmful solar winds days in advance
Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can forecast solar wind speeds up to four days in advance, significantly more accurately than current methods. The study is published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
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The clouds of Mars
Curiosity rover captures colorful clouds drifting over Mars
Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its Mastcam—its main set of "eyes." Taken over 16 minutes on Jan. 17 (the 4,426th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's mission), the images show the latest observations of...
'Mars and Earth are even more different than we thought': Condensing 20 years of atmospheric wave observations
For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by Francisco Brasil and Pedro Machado, both researchers from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon (CIÊNCIAS ULisboa). This study, an extensive and comprehensive...
Advancing Martian geology mapping with machine learning tools
How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to advance mapping and imaging methods on other planets? This is what a study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a lone researcher investigated using machine learning models to enhance mapping and imaging...
Living on Mars: Are there lessons from the conditions of prisons?
I have been researching the possibility of living on Mars for several years. But it took an invitation to give a talk about space at HMP Erlestoke in England—a category C men's prison—to make me realize that there are a surprising number of similarities between the challenges that would be faced...
Researchers take one small step toward planning life on Mars
Before they take the long journey to another planet, humans will have to find the right place to land. New findings from a University of Mississippi researcher may point to just such a place on Mars.
Advancing Martian geology mapping with machine learning tools
How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to advance mapping and imaging methods on other planets? This is what a study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a lone researcher investigated using machine learning models to enhance mapping and imaging...
NASA's Europa clipper radar instrument proves itself at Mars
As it soared past Mars in March, NASA's Europa Clipper conducted a critical radar test that had been impossible to accomplish on Earth. Now that mission scientists have studied the full stream of data, they can declare success: The radar performed just as expected, bouncing and receiving signals...
When Martian ground falls apart
In its latest postcard from Mars, the European Space Agency's Mars Express returns to Acheron Fossae: a dramatic network of chasms carved into the surface of the red planet.
Mars life explorer should include an agnostic life finder
Searching for life on Mars has been an explicit goal of the astrobiological community for decades. However, they have not really had the resources to effectively do so, and they might be running out of time. Crewed missions to Mars are planned for as little as 15 years from now (though those...
New Mars research reveals multiple episodes of habitability in Jezero Crater
New research using NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars' Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity—each with conditions that could have supported life.
Mars's chilly north polar vortex may create a seasonal ozone layer
A rare glimpse into the wintry conditions of the Mars north polar vortex has shown that temperatures inside the vortex are far colder than outside, and that the permanent darkness that winter brings to the Martian north pole facilitates a surge in ozone in the atmosphere.
Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars—an astrobiologist explains the findings
As the Perseverance rover traversed an ancient river valley in Mars' Jezero Crater back in July 2024, it drilled into the surface and extracted a sample from a unique, striped rock called Cheyava Falls. The rover's instruments then analyzed the sample, which is called Sapphire Canyon, and...
Here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life
NASA's search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover's investigation of a distinctive rock outcrop called Bright Angel on the edge of Mars' Jezero Crater. This outcrop is...
A rover to mine Martian volcanoes
Different parts of Mars have different advantages and disadvantages when it comes to their available resources, just like Earth. The polar caps are likely the most valuable in terms of their water content, which will be critical to any early stage crewed mission to the red planet.
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Astronomers announce largest collection of comets found outside our solar system
For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are orbiting.
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Fly through Gaia's 3D map of stellar nurseries
Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope. This map will teach us more about these obscure cloudy areas, and the hot young stars that shape them.
How NASA's Roman mission will unveil our home galaxy using cosmic dust
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly components—gas and dust strewn between stars, known as the interstellar medium.
Mapping the universe, faster and with the same accuracy
If you think a galaxy is big, compare it to the size of the universe: it's just a tiny dot which, together with a huge number of other tiny dots, forms clusters that aggregate into superclusters, which in turn weave into filaments threaded with voids—an immense 3D skeleton of our universe.
Supercomputer simulations of giant radio galaxy formation challenge current theoretical models
Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has provided deeper insight into the entire life cycle (birth, growth and death) of giant radio galaxies, which resemble "cosmic fountains"—jets of superheated gas that are...
Star cluster reveals its colors in stunning 80-million-pixel image
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), operating in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Stretched in a cross pattern: Our neighboring galaxy is pulled in two axes, new evidence indicates
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), are moving in opposing directions along two distinct axes. They found that stars closer to Earth move towards the northeast, while more distant stars...
Hubble comes face-to-face with spiral's arms
The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light. NGC 3596 is situated 90 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, the Lion. British astronomer Sir William Herschel first documented the...
A multitude of protoplanetary disks detected in the Milky Way's galactic center
For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages of our own solar system. However, most of these discoveries lie within our neighborhood, which may not reflect the extreme conditions found in other parts of the Milky Way.
Hubble captures the Large Magellanic Cloud
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling cloudscape from one of the Milky Way's galactic neighbors, a dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. Located 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa, the Large Magellanic Cloud is the largest of the...
AI-powered algorithm Capivara unmasks hidden structures in galaxies by analyzing their spectral fingerprints
When I first started working with integral field spectroscopic (IFU) data, I was struck by how much complexity was being averaged out or masked by traditional processing techniques. Most segmentation methods in astronomy—especially those designed for IFU data cubes—rely either on predefined...
Astrophysicists explore our galaxy's magnetic turbulence in unprecedented detail using a new computer model
Astronomers have developed a computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM)—the vast ocean of gas and charged particles that lies between stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
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