Ancient Meteorite Reveals a Forgotten Planet That Existed 4.5 Billion Years Ago
An ancient meteorite may be the last surviving remnant of a vanished protoplanet. Credit: Stock A rare meteorite…
Last Chance To See ‘Planet Parade’ This Weekend Before Mercury Sinks
Topline If you’ve noticed the bright “star” shining low in the west after dark, but not seen the…
Astronomers detect winds from a black hole reaching 30% of the speed of light
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing two black holes. Recently, astronomers have detected powerful winds in a…
Atmospheric asymmetries in WASP-121 b revealed by rotational transits detected with JWST
Observations and data reductionsJWST/NIRSpec G395H observations The JWST observed the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121 b starting 145 min before the…
Precise measurement of the absolute sky brightness at 60–350 MHz
GINAN receiver with advanced architecture The GINAN receiver implements a new architecture that dynamically self-calibrates for receiver noise…
A Universe Without Dark Energy? Mathematicians Challenge Standard Cosmology
A new analysis argues that the standard cosmological model may be fundamentally unstable, raising questions about whether dark…
Look up tonight – there's a rare 'double planet' visible in Irish skies soon – The Journal
Look up tonight – there’s a rare ‘double planet’ visible in Irish skies soon The Journal‘Double planet’ – Venus…
AI helps scientists model kilonova-producing neutron star mergers
Some of the universe’s heaviest elements are born in chaos, in matter flung outward when neutron stars collide…
Astronomers Open ‘New Window’ on Exoplanets After Landmark First Detection of Magnetospheres
Artist’s impression of an exoplanet with a magnetic field – credit, ESOM / Kornmesser, L. Calçada For a…
Hubble Could Get a New Lease on Life—If NASA Can Afford It
NASA’s Hubble space telescope is running out of time. The aging observatory is slowly being dragged down toward…
Magnetic Fields May Solve a Longstanding Binary Star Mystery
Visualization of gas flows around a binary protostar system calculated by ATERUI III. The gas shown in red…
Record-Breaking Black Hole Wind Blasts Through Space at 30% the Speed of Light
An artist’s impression of a quasar. The black dot in the center represents the supermassive black hole at…