Young sunlike star reveals rapid two-year magnetic cycle
Young sunlike star HD 30495 shows a rapid 1.7-year magnetic cycle, about five times faster than the Sun’s 11-year cycle, offering clues to stellar evolution
Category: Astronomy & Space
Astronomers find ultra-luminous infrared galaxy behind quasar
With ALMA, astronomers reveal an optically dark ULIRG behind the Cloverleaf quasar at z=3.39, emitting 2.8 trillion solar luminosities in the dusty starburst
Unified model explains giant planets’ extreme jet streams
A new, unified model for the first time explains the powerful and perplexing equatorial winds on all four of our…
EHT Images Uncover New Way to Detect Dark Matter
Scientists analyzing images from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have developed a novel method for detecting dark matter, proposing that…
Young Sun Twin Kappa 1 Ceti Reveals Chaotic Magnetic Cycles of Early Solar Systems
A nearby star, strikingly similar to our own Sun in its youth, is giving scientists an unprecedented look at the…
Astronomers find luminous galaxy hidden by a quasar
A team of international astronomers has made a significant accidental discovery, locating an intensely bright galaxy that was concealed by…
ESA chief says Europe needs reusable rockets to rival SpaceX
The director of the European Space Agency has declared that Europe must urgently develop its own reusable rocket to remain…
Uranus and Neptune may not be ice giants after all
New research questions whether Uranus and Neptune are ice giants, suggesting rock-dominated interiors or methane ice based on interior simulations today
SpaceX to launch Starship test flight Monday
SpaceX successfully conducted the eleventh test flight of its powerful Starship rocket system on Monday, launching the vehicle from its…
Scientists suggest dark matter leaves a fingerprint on light
University of York researchers suggest dark matter may imprint a red or blue shift on photons, offering an indirect signature via intermediary particles