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This artist's illustration shows a neutron star with a powerful magnetic field, a magnetar. Scientists want to know if magnetars can generate both Fast Radio Bursts and Gravitational Waves. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

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Exploring the Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) and Gravitational Waves

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the most enigmatic phenomena in astrophysics today. These...

January 15, 2025

A team of astronomers found that these mysterious red objects that appear small on the sky emerge in large numbers around 600 million years after the Big Bang and undergo a rapid decline in quantity around 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. Spectroscopic data of some of the LRDs in their sample, provided by the Red Unknowns: Bright Infrared Extragalactic Survey (RUBIES), suggests that many are accreting black holes. However, further study of these intriguing objects is required. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Dale Kocevski (Colby College)

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Astronomers Uncover the Origins of “Little Red Dots” in the Early Universe

In December 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made an astonishing discovery. Just a...

January 15, 2025

A futuristic spacecraft surveys the vast universe, where distant galaxies, habitable planets, and potential signs of extraterrestrial life await discovery.

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Is Extraterrestrial Life Out There? Insights from Scientific Consensus

The hunt for extraterrestrial life has long been one of the most fascinating endeavors in...

January 15, 2025

Detrended and normalized TESS light curves of TOI-6038 A from S18 and S58 are shown with green and blue points, respectively. The full light curve is displayed in the upper panel, while the phase-folded light curve from both sectors is shown in the lower panel, with pink dots representing 20-minute binned data points. The black solid line in both panels represents the best-fit transit model for TOI-6038 A b. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2501.02272

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Astronomers Confirm Discovery of TOI-6038 A b, a Massive New Exoplanet

In a groundbreaking study published on January 4, 2025, an international team of astronomers, led...

January 15, 2025

This photo provide by The Moonhouse project and taken in September 2024 at the ispace facilities in Japan, shows a little red model house created by artist Mikael Genberg and scheduled to launched into space on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Credit: ispace mission 2 via AP

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Swedish Artist Sends Model House to the Moon

A Swedish artist is on the verge of fulfilling what might be considered a dream...

January 15, 2025

Each tiny dot in the image at left is a galaxy simulated by the OpenUniverse campaign. The one-square-degree image offers a small window into the full simulation area, which is about 70 square degrees (equivalent to an area of sky covered by more than 300 full moons), while the inset at right is a close-up of an area 75 times smaller (1/600th the size of the full area). This simulation showcases the cosmos as NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could see it. Roman will expand on the largest space-based galaxy survey like it—the Hubble Space Telescope's COSMOS survey—which imaged two square degrees of sky over the course of 42 days. In only 250 days, Roman will view more than a thousand times more of the sky with the same resolution. Credit: NASA

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Millions of Simulated Images Offer a Glimpse of the Universe Through NASA’s Roman Telescope

In a groundbreaking effort to preview what awaits the scientific community upon the launch of...

January 15, 2025

This shimmering cosmic curtain shows interstellar gas and dust that has been heated by the flashbulb explosion of a long-ago supernova. The gas then glows infrared light in what is known as a thermal light echo. As the supernova illumination travels through space at the speed of light, the echo appears to expand. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed this light echo in the vicinity of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Jencson (Caltech/IPAC)

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Webb Telescope Uncovers Hidden Structures in Interstellar Space

The death of a massive star is an event of cosmic proportions, sending shockwaves through...

January 15, 2025

The MAIA satellite mission, a partnership between NASA and Italy's Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), will investigate the effects of particulate matter air pollution on human health. Credit: Suicup/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Detecting Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as a Technosignature for Extraterrestrial Civilizations

The quest for extraterrestrial life has been a long-standing endeavor, rooted in humanity’s fascination with...

January 14, 2025

Gravity from mountains on rapidly rotating neutron stars produces ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) searches for such waves. Credit: Charles Horowitz

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Exploring the Possibility of Mountains on Neutron Stars and Their Implications for Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Neutron stars are among the most fascinating and enigmatic objects in the universe. These collapsed...

January 14, 2025

Artist concept of planet formation occurring in harsh stellar environments. Credit: AUI/NSF NRAO/S.Dagnello

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Planets Born in a Harsh Environment

The birth of new stars is a remarkable process that has intrigued astronomers for centuries....

January 14, 2025

Hubble captured intriguing hints of interaction, if not full merging, between galaxies including quasar J0742+2704. There is evidence of a distorted tidal tail, or a streamer of gas, that has been pulled out by the gravity of a nearby galaxy. The presence of a ring galaxy also suggests interaction: The distinctive shape of ring galaxies are thought to form when one galaxy passes through another, redistributing its contents into a central core circled by stars and gas. Credit: NASA, ESA, Kristina Nyland (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory), Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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Hubble Observations Reveal Young Jets in a Spiral Galaxy

The night sky has long been an essential tool for navigation. From guiding early oceanic...

January 14, 2025

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Exploring the Impact of a Super-Earth on Solar System Habits

Emily Simpson’s fascination with space began at the age of 10 when she celebrated her...

January 14, 2025

In this artist's rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927's supermassive black hole. Credit: Aurore Simonnet/Sonoma State University

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Supermassive Black Hole Exhibits Unprecedented X-ray Oscillations

In the realm of astrophysics, black holes have long captured the fascination of astronomers, researchers,...

January 14, 2025

Gaia coverage from 2014–2024 shows consistent high amplitude modulation, while both ZTF (2018–onwards) and Gaia show a ∼ 3-mag outburst beginning on 3 April 2022. ATLAS coverage demonstrates that the outburst lasts two days, during which the high amplitude modulation seen in quiescence disappears. The low amplitude and short duration of the outburst more closely resembles those seen in IPs than those in non-magnetic dwarf novae. In either case, this outburst suggests ongoing accretion in Gaia22ayj. Credit: Rodriguez et al., 2025.

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New Type of Magnetic White Dwarf Discovered

An international team of astronomers recently conducted multiwavelength observations of a fascinating variable star designated...

January 13, 2025

Images of the aurora borealis showing the structured continuum emission. Credit: University of Calgary, Faculty of Science research team

Astronomy

Scientists Discover Heat Source Within the Aurora Borealis

In a breakthrough for auroral research, scientists at the University of Calgary have for the...

January 11, 2025

The new simulations show a cross section of the star and its surrounding disk of gas. In the left image, where the young star is weakly magnetized, gas can be seen flowing freely from the surrounding disk of material to the surface of the protostar. In the right image, material flows along the magnetic field lines towards the star's poles, in a much more defined flow. Credit: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451842

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Simulations Reveal How Magnetic Fields Influence Accretion in Protostars

Stars are born in vast clouds of gas and dust, and their early development remains...

January 10, 2025

This infographic shows the multiple layers of our atmosphere, extending from the ground up into space, and how the new dataset compares in coverage to those currently available. Credit: D.Koshin, K. Sato, S. Watanabe and K. Miyazaki, 2025/ Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (PEPS)

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New Dataset Maps Earth’s Entire Atmosphere

The University of Tokyo has recently made a significant breakthrough in atmospheric research, publishing a...

January 10, 2025

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AI Unlocks Secrets of the Northern Lights

The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is a captivating natural phenomenon observed...

January 10, 2025

WASP-166 b transmission spectrum from POSEIDON Baseline free chemistry retrieval. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2501.00609

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Water and Carbon Dioxide Found on Distant Planet

Using the powerful instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have made significant...

January 9, 2025

Model of wrinkling on a rectangular membrane. Credit: Measurement (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2024.116123

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Researchers Develop Single-Camera Photogrammetry for Wrinkle Measurement on Thin Spacecraft Membranes

Exiting Earth's gravity is an immense challenge, requiring a significant amount of fuel and power...

January 9, 2025

Artist’s impression of a Dyson Sphere, a proposed alien megastructure that is the target of SETI surveys. Finding one of these qualifies in a “first contact” scenario. Credit: Breakthrough Listen / Danielle Futselaar

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Black Hole Energy: A New Sign of Alien Life?

The question of whether humanity is alone in the universe remains one of the most...

January 9, 2025

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Ice Clouds Drift Inside the Milky Way’s Fiery Heart

Exploring the Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) and Gravitational Waves

Astronomers Uncover the Origins of “Little Red Dots” in the Early Universe

Is Extraterrestrial Life Out There? Insights from Scientific Consensus

Astronomers Confirm Discovery of TOI-6038 A b, a Massive New Exoplanet

Swedish Artist Sends Model House to the Moon

Millions of Simulated Images Offer a Glimpse of the Universe Through NASA’s Roman Telescope

Webb Telescope Uncovers Hidden Structures in Interstellar Space

Detecting Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as a Technosignature for Extraterrestrial Civilizations

Exploring the Possibility of Mountains on Neutron Stars and Their Implications for Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Planets Born in a Harsh Environment

Hubble Observations Reveal Young Jets in a Spiral Galaxy

Exploring the Impact of a Super-Earth on Solar System Habits

Supermassive Black Hole Exhibits Unprecedented X-ray Oscillations

New Type of Magnetic White Dwarf Discovered

Scientists Discover Heat Source Within the Aurora Borealis

Simulations Reveal How Magnetic Fields Influence Accretion in Protostars

New Dataset Maps Earth’s Entire Atmosphere

AI Unlocks Secrets of the Northern Lights

Water and Carbon Dioxide Found on Distant Planet

Researchers Develop Single-Camera Photogrammetry for Wrinkle Measurement on Thin Spacecraft Membranes

Black Hole Energy: A New Sign of Alien Life?

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