NASA's TESS, Spitzer Missions Discover a World Orbiting a Unique Young Star
This animated gif is an artist's concept of the planet AU Mic b and its young parent star. The...
ESA listens in on black hole mission
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X-ray scattering enables closer scrutiny of the interior of planets and stars
By using a new measuring method – the so-called X-ray Thomson scattering – an international team of researchers was able to prove that the high...
Young Planets Bite the Dust
Six circumstellar disks selected from the larger sample of 26 disks obtained with the Gemini South telescope in Chile using the Gemini...
LIGO-Virgo Finds Mystery Object in "Mass Gap"
In August of 2019, the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave network witnessed the merger of a black hole with 23...
To catch an interstellar visitor, use a solar-powered space slingshot
To ensure the best coverage of our solar system, MIT Assistant Professor Richard Linares envisions a...
Introducing a New Isotope: Mendelevium-244
A model showing the 101 electrons orbiting the element mendelevium.
This Enigmatic Protein Sculpts DNA to Repair Harmful Damage
Sometimes, when something is broken, the first step to fixing it is to break it even more.
