Sep. 21, 2020 — Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has its own far-ultraviolet aurora, data reveal. It is the first time such electromagnetic emissions in the far-ultraviolet have been documented on a celestial object ...
Sep. 18, 2020 — Scientists used observations recorded by members of the public to increase accuracy of computer model predictions of when harmful CMEs will hit ...
Sep. 16, 2020 — When stars like our sun die, all that remains is an exposed core -- a white dwarf. A planet orbiting a white dwarf presents a promising opportunity to determine if life can survive the death of its ...
Sep. 16, 2020 — Thanks to a bevy of telescopes in space and on Earth -- and even a pair of amateur astronomers in Arizona -- astronomers have discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting at breakneck speed around a ...
Sep. 16, 2020 — It is generally accepted that the inner region of the early solar system was subject to an intense period of meteoric bombardment referred to as the late heavy bombardment. However, researchers have ...
Sep. 15, 2020 — The star HL Tauri is glowing at the center of a system of concentric rings made from gas and dust and producing planets, one for each gap in the ring. Its discovery has shaken solar system origin ...
Sep. 11, 2020 — Astronomers have determined that some carbon-rich exoplanets, given the right circumstances, could be made of diamonds and ...
Sep. 10, 2020 — A new study shows that electrons in the radiation belts can be accelerated to very high speeds locally. The study shows that magnetosphere works as a very efficient particle accelerator speeding up ...
Sep. 9, 2020 — A new study posits that the major particle ejections off the near-Earth asteroid Bennu may be the consequence of impacts by small, sand-sized particles called meteoroids onto its surface as the ...
Sep. 8, 2020 — New studies of a rare type of meteorite show that material from close to the Sun reached the outer solar system even as the planet Jupiter cleared a gap in the disk of dust and gas from which the ...
Sep. 8, 2020 — Scientists have created magnetized-plasma conditions similar to those near a black hole using very intense laser pulses. This work may help show how X-rays can be produced by astronomical ...
Sep. 2, 2020 — Researchers have detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed in gravitational waves. The product of the merger is the first clear detection of an ...
Sep. 1, 2020 — GREGOR, the largest solar telescope in Europe, has obtained unprecedented images of the fine-structure of the Sun. Following a major redesign of GREGOR's optics, the Sun can be observed at a ...
Aug. 31, 2020 — A new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not zap away the grime using a beam of ...
Aug. 25, 2020 — A mystery surrounding the space around our solar system is unfolding thanks to evidence of supernovae found in deep-sea ...
Aug. 21, 2020 — The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped the closest images yet of the sky's latest visitor to make headlines, comet NEOWISE, after it passed by the Sun. This is the first time Hubble has ...
Aug. 21, 2020 — A new letter has been found in the mysterious alphabet of black ...
Aug. 21, 2020 — A research team recently succeeded in developing the first physics-based model that can accurately predict imminent large solar flares, which can cause severe space weather disturbances affecting ...
Aug. 18, 2020 — How complete is our census of the Sun's closest neighbors? Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have ...
Aug. 17, 2020 — Earth's magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. But over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, an ...
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