Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf — the most common type of star in the universe — appears to have no atmosphere at all.
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Joseph Shavit
Oct 12, 2022
Astronomers at MIT find a 'cataclysmic' pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet
Two stars in a binary system 3,000 light years from Earth are orbiting each other so closely that one of the stars has burnt out.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2022
Researchers solve the mystery of why Mars has no liquid water on its surface
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 7, 2022
How big is the universe? Is it infinite or does it end?
Right above you is the sky – or as scientists would call it, the atmosphere. It extends about 20 miles (32 kilometers) above the Earth.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 2, 2022
Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time
Standard cosmological models tell us that the universe – space, time and mass/energy – exploded into existence some 14 billion years ago.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 26, 2022
Surprise finding suggests ‘water worlds’ are more common than we thought
A new study suggests that many more planets may have large amounts of water than previously thought—as much as half water and half rock.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 21, 2022
Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon
Swirling around the planet’s equator, the rings of Saturn are a dead giveaway that the planet is spinning at a tilt.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 9, 2022
Unraveling a mystery surrounding cosmic matter
UC Riverside physicist and colleague invoke the cosmological collider to explain why matter, and not antimatter, dominates the universe
Joseph Shavit
Sep 7, 2022
Does outer space end or is it infinite? Scientists weigh in
If you could keep going out, as far as you wanted, would you just keep passing by galaxies forever? Are there an infinite number of galaxies
Joseph Shavit
Sep 5, 2022
Researchers find ‘diamond rain’ on giant icy planets
Researchers at SLAC found that oxygen boosts this exotic precipitation, revealing a new path to make nanodiamonds here on Earth.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 5, 2022
You can help scientists study the atmosphere on Jupiter
A new citizen science project allows volunteers to play an important role in helping scientists learn more about the atmosphere on Jupiter.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 2, 2022
Our universe has an "antiuniverse" twin extending backwards in time
Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time before the Big Bang.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 31, 2022
Student discovers an earth-sized "ocean planet" located very close to Earth
The exoplanet is orbiting one of two small stars in a binary system located in the Draco constellation about 100 light-years from Earth.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 30, 2022
Astrophysicists discover what lurks inside a black hole
Scientists relied on the holographic principle, which suggests that the two existing theories – particles and gravity – are equivalent.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 22, 2022
Sharpest image ever of universe’s most massive known star
Groundbreaking observation from Gemini Observatory suggests this and possibly other colossal stars are less massive than previously thought.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 21, 2022
Scientists discover how the Earth and moon formed
Scientists use modern rocks, moon samples and meteorites to figure out when and how the Earth and moon formed and what they had looked like.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 16, 2022
Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
In the last 25 years, astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around stars in our galaxy, but more than 99% of them orbit small stars
Joseph Shavit
Aug 13, 2022
Does the universe expand and contract in infinite cycles?
Some cosmological models propose that the universe expands and contracts in infinite cycles, but new research finds a crucial flaw
Joseph Shavit
Aug 10, 2022
Stars determine their own masses
Northwestern University launched STARFORGE, a project that produces the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulations of star formations
Joseph Shavit
Aug 9, 2022
40 year old mystery regarding light and black holes finally solved
In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times.
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