Sep 22, 2016 | Physics & Mathematics, Space
An international team of researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes has discovered the power source illuminating a so-called Lyman-alpha Blob – a rare, brightly glowing, and enormous concentration of gas in the...
Sep 21, 2016 | Physics & Mathematics, Space
Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way’s halo, astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how our galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion years ago. The astronomers, based at the University of Notre Dame, are...
Sep 16, 2016 | Space, Technology
Scientists using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made the first detections of X-rays from Pluto. These observations offer new insight into the space environment surrounding the largest and best-known object in the solar system’s outermost regions. While...
Sep 16, 2016 | Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans, Space
A new study shows that rocks formed by the grinding together of other rocks during earthquakes are rich in trapped hydrogen — a finding that suggests similar seismic activity on Mars may produce enough hydrogen to support life. Researchers from Yale, the University of...
Sep 13, 2016 | Physics & Mathematics, Space, Technology
Astronomers have created the most detailed computer simulation to date of our Milky Way galaxy’s formation, from its inception billions of years ago as a loose assemblage of matter to its present-day state as a massive, spiral disk of stars. The simulation...
Sep 12, 2016 | Physics & Mathematics, Space
Two papers published by an assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside and several collaborators explain why the universe has enough energy to become transparent. The study led by Naveen Reddy, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and...
Sep 12, 2016 | Earth, Energy & Environment, Space
Measurements of an element in Earth and moon rocks have just disproved the leading hypotheses for the origin of the moon. Tiny differences in the segregation of the isotopes of potassium between the moon and Earth were hidden below the detection limits of analytical...
