Bizarre Things: Space & Time
July 26, 2024
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July 24, 2024 — Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters' vast clouds of dark matter have decoupled from the so-called normal ...
July 24, 2024 — Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star in the nearby triple system Epsilon Indi. The planet is a cold super-Jupiter exhibiting a temperature of around 0 degrees Celsius and a wide orbit ...
July 22, 2024 — Researchers have found a link between some of the largest and smallest objects in the cosmos: supermassive black holes and dark matter particles. Their new calculations reveal that pairs of ...
July 21, 2024 — Europa and Enceladus, icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn respectively, have evidence of oceans beneath their crusts. A NASA experiment suggests -- if these oceans support life -- signatures of that life in the form of organic molecules (like amino ...
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July 23, 2024 — A new study shows that over half of the medicines stocked in space -- staples such as pain relievers, antibiotics, allergy medicines, and sleep aids -- would expire before astronauts could return to ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study on common food aromas may help explain why astronauts report that meals taste bland in space and struggle to eat their normal nutritional intake. This research has broader implications ...
July 18, 2024 — So far, only about ten intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered in the entire universe. The newly identified black hole causes surrounding stars in a cluster to move in an unexpectedly ...
July 17, 2024 — The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of any known planet. It appears to be a juvenile ...
July 17, 2024 — In an era when the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) images is at the fingertips of the masses, the ability to detect fake pictures -- particularly deepfakes of people -- is becoming ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study of radar experiment data from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has yielded fresh insights related to the makeup and activity of the liquid hydrocarbon seas near the north pole of ...
July 16, 2024 — Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 21 neutron stars in orbit around stars like our Sun. The discovery is surprising because it is not clear how a star that exploded winds up next to a star ...
July 16, 2024 — A strange 'garden sprinkler-like' jet coming from a neutron star has been pictured for the first time. The S-shaped structure is created as the jet changes direction due to the wobbling of the disc ...
July 16, 2024 — Tantalizing evidence of potential dark matter objects has been detected with the help of the Universe's 'timekeepers'. These pulsars -- neutron stars which rotate and emit lighthouse-like beams of ...
July 9, 2024 — Investigators sought to help figure out how to send materials like probiotics into space and to better treat a variety of gastrointestinal (GI) and ...
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July 15, 2024 — Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening ...
July 15, 2024 — An international study reveals the extreme atmospheric conditions on the celestial objects, which are swathed in swirling clouds of hot sand amid temperatures of 950C. Using NASA's powerful ...
July 15, 2024 — Our universe is around 13.8 billion years old. Over the vastness of this time, the tiniest of initial asymmetries have grown into the large-scale structures we can see through our telescopes in the ...
July 12, 2024 — Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant observations, including images and highly ...
July 12, 2024 — Galaxies avoid an early death because they have a 'heart and lungs' which effectively regulate their 'breathing' and prevent them growing out of control, a new study suggests. If ...
July 11, 2024 — The qualities and behavior of dark matter, the invisible 'glue' of the universe, continue to be shrouded in mystery. Though galaxies are mostly made of dark matter, understanding how it is ...
July 10, 2024 — The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captivated the imagination of scientists and the public for decades. Central to the discovery is gaining insight into the past climate of ...
July 10, 2024 — Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system that likely contain or previously contained ice and could have been one route for ...
July 10, 2024 — Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, or relatively lightweight, with a mass of under 100 times that of the ...
July 9, 2024 — A international team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery about the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b: it could be a promising 'super-Earth' covered in ice or ...
July 8, 2024 — An exoplanet infamous for its deadly weather has been hiding another bizarre feature -- it reeks of rotten eggs, according to a new study of data from the James Webb Space ...
July 5, 2024 — A mysterious remnant from a rare type of supernova recorded in 1181 has been explained for the first time. Two white dwarf stars collided, creating a temporary 'guest star,' now labeled ...
July 3, 2024 — Mysterious, light-colored swirls on Moon's surface could be rocks magnetized by magma activity underground, laboratory experiments ...
July 2, 2024 — Is nature really as strange as quantum theory says -- or are there simpler explanations? New neutron measurements prove: It doesn't work without the strange properties of quantum ...
July 1, 2024 — Two samples from Mars together deliver clear evidence of the origin of Martian organic material. The study presents solid evidence for a prediction made over a decade ago that could be key to ...
June 30, 2024 — The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising candidate for Mars colonization thanks to its extreme ability to tolerate harsh conditions lethal to most life forms. The moss is well known for ...
June 28, 2024 — A recent discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirmed that luminous, very red objects previously detected in the early universe upend conventional thinking about the origins ...
June 28, 2024 — Bringing us one step closer to solving the 'missing satellites problem,' researchers have discovered two new satellite ...
June 28, 2024 — An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA's Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars. Seismology also ...
June 27, 2024 — The majority of stars in our galaxy are home to planets. The most abundant are the sub-Neptunes, planets between the size of Earth and Neptune. Calculating their density poses a problem for ...
Monday, July 15, 2024
- NASA's Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World
- Scorching Storms on Distant Worlds Revealed
- Cosmic Wrestling Match
Friday, July 12, 2024
- Vivid Portrait of Interacting Galaxies Marks Webb's Second Anniversary
- How the 'heart and Lungs' Of a Galaxy Extend Its Life
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Mars Likely Had Cold and Icy Past, New Study Finds
- The Origins of Dark Comets
- Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Monday, July 8, 2024
Friday, July 5, 2024
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Monday, July 1, 2024
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
- Tiny Bright Objects Discovered at Dawn of Universe Baffle Scientists
- Too Many Missing Satellite Galaxies Found
- New Class of Mars Quakes Reveals Daily Meteorite Strikes
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Precision Instrument Bolsters Efforts to Find Elusive Dark Energy
- Shocked Quartz Reveals Evidence of Historical Cosmic Airburst
- Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb Telescopes
- Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Monday, June 24, 2024
- Geologists Expect Chang'e-6 Lunar Surface Samples to Contain Volcanic Rock and Impact Ejecta
- A Hidden Treasure in the Milky Way -- Astronomers Uncover Ultrabright X-Ray Source
- Star Clusters Observed Within a Galaxy in the Early Universe
- First of Its Kind Detection Made in Striking New Webb Image
Thursday, June 20, 2024
- Iron Meteorites Hint That Our Infant Solar System Was More Doughnut Than Dartboard
- Supermassive Black Hole Appears to Grow Like a Baby Star
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
- Titan's Lakes May Be Shaped by Waves
- Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Not the Same One Cassini Observed in 1600s
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024
- Modified Gravity Theory: A Million Light Years and Still Going
- Scientists Develop 3D Printed Vacuum System That Aims to Trap Dark Matter
- Pair of Merging Quasars at Cosmic Dawn
- Investigating the Origins of the Crab Nebula
Friday, June 14, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 2024
- Pair Plasmas Found in Deep Space Can Now Be Generated in the Lab
- Watery Planets Orbiting Dead Stars May Be Good Candidates for Studying Life -- If They Can Survive Long Enough
- Mysterious Mini-Neptunes
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- NASA's Roman Mission Gets Cosmic 'sneak Peek' From Supercomputers
- Laser Tests Reveal New Insights Into Key Mineral for Super-Earths
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
- Wind from Black Holes May Influence Development of Surrounding Galaxies
- How Do Supermassive Black Holes Get Super Massive?
- Scientists Spot More Milky Way-Like Galaxies in Early Universe
- Origins of Fast Radio Bursts Come Into Focus Through Polarized Light
- Would Astronauts' Kidneys Survive a Roundtrip to Mars?
- How Did a Satellite Galaxy of the Milky Way Come to Be?
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Lone Star State: Tracking a Low-Mass Star as It Speeds Across the Milky Way
- NASA's Webb Opens New Window on Supernova Science
- Researchers Engineer New Approach for Controlling Thermal Emission
- Hubble Finds Surprises Around a Star That Erupted 40 Years Ago
- Webb Telescope Reveals Asteroid Collision in Neighboring Star System
- The Solar System May Have Passed Through Dense Interstellar Clouds 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth's Climate
- In a Significant First, Researchers Detect Water Frost on Solar System's Tallest Volcanoes
- Galactic Bloodlines: Many Nearby Star Clusters Originate from Only Three 'families'
Friday, June 7, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
- Exotic Black Holes Could Be a Byproduct of Dark Matter
- Planet-Forming Disks Around Very Low-Mass Stars Are Different
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- Glimpses of a Volcanic World: New Telescope Images of Jupiter's Moon Io Rival Those from Spacecraft
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Finds Most Distant Known Galaxy
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Moon Orbiting 'dinky' Asteroid Is Actually Two Tiny Moons Stuck Together
- The Case of the Missing Black Holes
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Birth of Universe's Earliest Galaxies Observed for First Time
- Planet Hunters Unveil Massive Catalog of Strange Worlds
- First Pictures from Euclid Satellite Reveal Billions of Orphan Stars
- Potentially Habitable 'exo-Venus' With Earth-Like Temperature Discovered
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Hubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-Like Star
- Robotic 'SuperLimbs' Could Help Moonwalkers Recover from Falls
- Detection of an Earth-Sized Exoplanet Orbiting the Ultracool Dwarf Star SPECULOOS-3
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- WASP-193b, a Giant Planet With a Density Similar to That of Cotton Candy
- Researchers Discover the Universe's Oldest Stars in Our Own Galactic Backyard
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Squeezed by Neighbors, Planet Glows With Molten Lava
- Astrophysicists Discover a Novel Method for Hunting the First Stars
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
- Venus Has Almost No Water: A New Study May Reveal Why
- Astronomers Observe Elusive Stellar Light Surrounding Ancient Quasars
- New Discoveries About Jupiter's Magnetosphere
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Detail
- NASA's Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Gemini South Reveals Origin of Unexpected Differences in Giant Binary Stars
- Probing the Effects of Interplanetary Space on Asteroid Ryugu
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
- To Find Life in the Universe, Look to Deadly Venus
- AI and Physics Combine to Reveal the 3D Structure of a Flare Erupting Around a Black Hole
- Giant Galactic Explosion Exposes Galaxy Pollution in Action
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Astronomers Uncover Methane Emission on a Cold Brown Dwarf
- 'Tube Map' Around Planets and Moons Made Possible by Knot Theory