A giant gas planet – up to fifty times the mass of Jupiter, encircled by a ring of dust – is likely hurtling around a star more than a thousand light years away from Earth, according to new research by an international ...
Astronomy
May 31, 2017
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Astronomers believe they might have observed the first potential signs of dark matter interacting with a force other than gravity.
Astronomy
Apr 14, 2015
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New research finds that 'Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system.
Astronomy
Mar 19, 2018
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A natural desire to be part of the 'in crowd' could damage our ability to make the right decisions, a new study has shown.
Evolution
Dec 16, 2014
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Astronomers have identified a young star, located almost 11,000 light years away, which could help us understand how the most massive stars in the Universe are formed. This young star, already more than 30 times the mass ...
Astronomy
Aug 22, 2016
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The dynamical properties of these asteroids, observed spectroscopiccally for the first time using the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS, suggest a possible common origin and give a clue to the existence of a planet beyond Pluto, the ...
Astronomy
Feb 21, 2017
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Mysterious light on a distant star could be a sign of alien civilisation, some astronomers have claimed, stirring controversy among their peers. Not so fast, said NASA.
Astronomy
Oct 20, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with the University of St. Andrews in the U.K. has found what appears to be an evolutionary advantage for same-sex sexual behavior in fruit flies. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
For the first time in decades, skygazers are in for the double spectacle Monday of a swollen "supermoon" bathed in the blood-red light of a total eclipse.
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2015
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Our Earth consists of silicate rocks and an iron core with a thin veneer of water and life. But the first potentially habitable worlds to form might have been very different. New research suggests that planet formation in ...
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2016
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