Molten exoplanets may explain the formation of Earth-like worlds
The study of molten exoplanets around Sun-like stars may provide answers as to the formation of Earth-like planets and the ...
Tag: astrophysics
Ancient galaxies found in our cosmic neighborhood
The galaxies date from the so-called cosmic Dark Ages.
NASA wants to take a piece of an asteroid and make it a moon of the Moon
It almost sounds too cheesy to be true: NASA wants to send a shuttle to an asteroid, pluck a piece ...
Astronomers discover the oldest known star
A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered what they believe to be the oldest star ...
For the first time, researchers discover true color of distant planet
The world, known as HD189733b, has a deep azure hue, probably the result of molten silicate glass rain in the ...
New Experiment on to Revalidate Nobel Winning Universe Acceleration Finding
This year’s Nobel Prize winning finding that the ‘Universe is accelerating’ is being subjected to another validation test in the ...
How many Earth-like planets are there in the Milky Way? Billions, according to astronomers
One of the most outstanding dreams astronomers and other scientists hope to accomplish is to someday encounter proof that extraterestrial ...
Supercomputer simulation confirms Universe formation model
Astronomers at UC Santa Cruz have set a new benchmark for cosmological research for decades to come maybe, after successfully simulating ...
[VIDEO] The ISS and Atlantis shuttle as seen in broad daylight
[caption id="attachment_8016" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="I'll admit, it doesn't look like much here, but wait till you hit play on the ...
Extrasolar hot Jupiter sheds some light on our own solar system
Since 1995, over 500 planets that don't orbit our Sun have been discovered, with the numbers increasing more and more ...
Some black holes may be older than time itself
An intriguing hypothesis was brought up by Professor Bernard Carr from Queen Mary University in London and Professor Alan Coley ...
Carl Sagan’s Cosmos
In case you have no idea who Carl Sagan is... well, you should, basically. Carl Sagan is one of those ...
NASA rejects Russian report: Apophis asteroid extremely unlikely to hit earth
In 2004, NASA researchers identified the Apophis asteroid and after some quick calculations they states there is a chance the ...
Astronomers upset the theory of planetary formation
The discovery of 9 new planets raises some serious questions on the matter of how planets are formed. Two astronomers ...
Saturn’s moon full of geysers
There are many things we have yet to find out about Saturn, but the Cassini probe has definitely shed some ...
New planet close to size of Earth found
The Planet Researchers have long been interested in finding other planets that have approximately the same size as our mother ...
‘Fossil’ fireballs found from supernovae
The US-Japan Sukazu observatory reported the finding of some never-before seen embers from the high temperature fireballs that immediately follower ...
The symphony of science
I was quite stunned to stumble across this video. As the name says, it's a... well it's not quite a ...
Water and fog found on Titan, Saturn’s moon
As I was writing in a previous post, Titan is quite unique, in that aside from our planet it's the ...
Stellar ‘cannibalism’ is the key to giant stars
You may or may not have heard about blue stragglers; they are blue stars that are hotter and bluer than ...