The Universe in Interstellar Dust Grains
Interstellar dust is composed of small particles, typically less than a micron in size, that are found in the space between stars. These particles are…
Astronomy
Origins of Life’s Building Blocks
The origins of the building blocks of life, such as amino acids, nucleotides, and lipids, are still a subject of ongoing research and debate in…
NASA’s Webb Discovers Star Formation in the Dusty Ribbons of a Cluster
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope developed by NASA, with significant contributions from the European Space Agency (ESA) and…
Supermassive Black Hole Receives Regular Meals From a Star-Traveling on a Hazardous Path
The Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) researchers have discovered an intriguing repeating event in the eROSITA all-sky survey. An X-ray flare occurs repeatedly…
Dwarf Galaxy Disturbances in the Neighborhood Suggest a Different Gravity Theory
The currently accepted theory of gravity is Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, which has been extensively tested and supported by a wide range of observations…
Amazing New Discovery Shows More Earth-Like Characteristics on Mars
Opal gemstones were found on the red planet by the Mars Curiosity Rover, according to study published in December. The opals were discovered by Curiosity’s…
‘Water Worlds,’ According to a Surprising Finding, are More Common than we Thought
All life on Earth depends on water, and the cycle of rain, rivers, oceans, and rain again is crucial to maintaining a stable and habitable…
Dozens of Newly Found Gravitational Lenses Could Show the Nature of Dark Matter and Ancient Galaxies
Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon where the gravity of a massive object, such as a galaxy, bends and amplifies the light of a background object,…
Researchers Find Eight new, Extremely Hot Stars
Eight of the universe’s hottest stars have been found by an international team of astronomers; all of them have surfaces that are hotter than 100,000…
Breaking Records are Ultracool Dwarf Binary Stars
Astrophysicists from Northwestern University and the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) have found the most compact ultracool dwarf binary system ever seen.…
Astronomers Claim that the Mysteriously Bright Flash was a Black Hole Jet that was Pointing Directly Toward Earth
A bright flash that was recently observed in the sky by astronomers is believed to be a jet of material being emitted from a black…
Uncovering Gamma-Ray Bursts’ Hidden Energy Reveals Insights into the Universe’s Evolution
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are extremely bright and energetic explosions that occur in distant galaxies. They are thought to be caused by the collapse of massive…
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