Spinning stars shed new light on strange signal coming from galactic center
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have found an alternative explanation for a mysterious gamma-ray signal coming fro...
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The instability at the beginning of the solar system
Michigan State University's Seth Jacobson and colleagues in China and France have unveiled a new theory that could help solve a galactic...
Classifying exoplanet atmospheres opens new field of study
An international team of researchers examined data for 25 exoplanets and found some links among the properties of the atmospheres, including...
Could the blueprint for life have been generated in asteroids?
Using new analyses, scientists have just found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in ...
Hubble observations used to answer key exoplanet questions
Archival observations of 25 hot Jupiters by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have been analyzed by an international team of astronomers, ...
Scientists find elusive gas from post-starburst galaxies hiding in plain sight
Post-starburst galaxies were previously thought to scatter all of their gas and dust -- the fuel required for creating new stars -- in viole...
Black holes raze thousands of stars to fuel growth
In some of the most crowded parts of the universe, black holes may be tearing apart thousands of stars and using their remains to pack on we...
Astronomers identify likely location of medium-sized black holes
Intermediate-mass black holes are notoriously hard to find but a new study indicates there may be some at the center of dense star clusters ...
Astronomers discover micronovae, a new kind of stellar explosion
A team of astronomers, with the help of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), have observed a new ty...
Explanation for formation of abundant features on Europa bodes well for search for extraterrestrial life
Europa is a prime candidate for life in our solar system, and its deep saltwater ocean has captivated scientists for decades. But it's e...
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