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December 5, 2023

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Unlocking Neutron Star Rotation Anomalies: Insights from Quantum Simulation

Dec. 5, 2023 — A collaboration between quantum physicists and astrophysicists has achieved a significant breakthrough in understanding neutron star glitches. They were able to numerically simulate this enigmatic cosmic phenomenon with ultracold dipolar atoms. This ...

Astronomers Determine the Age of Three Mysterious Baby Stars at the Heart of the Milky Way

Dec. 5, 2023 — Through analysis of high-resolution data from a ten-meter telescope in Hawaii, researchers have succeeded in generating new knowledge about three stars at the very heart of the Milky Way. The stars ...

10-Billion-Year, 50,000-Light-Year Journey to Black Hole

Dec. 4, 2023 — A star near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy originated outside of the Galaxy according to a new study. This is the first time a star of extragalactic origin has been found in the vicinity of the super massive black ...

Dark Galactic Region Nicknamed 'The Brick' Explained With Webb Telescope Findings

Dec. 4, 2023 — Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spot unexpected source of carbon monoxide ice at galactic region surprisingly devoid of ...

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Discovery of Planet Too Big for Its Sun Throws Off Solar System Formation Models

Nov. 30, 2023 — The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was previously understood about the formation of planets ...

Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments

Nov. 30, 2023 — Astronomers have provided the first observation of water and other molecules in the highly irradiated inner, rocky-planet-forming regions of a disk in one of the most extreme environments in our ...

New Astrophysics Model Sheds Light on Additional Source of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts

Nov. 29, 2023 — Cutting-edge computer simulations combined with theoretical calculations are helping astronomers better understand the origin of some of the ...

An Astronomical Waltz Reveals a Sextuplet of Planets

Nov. 29, 2023 — Astronomers have found a key new system of six transiting planets orbiting a bright star in a harmonic rhythm. This rare property enabled the team to determine the planetary orbits which initially ...

Building Blocks for Life Could Have Formed Near New Stars and Planets

Nov. 29, 2023 — While life on Earth is relatively new, geologically speaking, the ingredients that combined to form it might be much older than once thought. The simplest amino acid, carbamic acid, could have formed ...

Astronomers Discover Disc Around Star in Another Galaxy

Nov. 29, 2023 — In a remarkable discovery, astronomers have found a disc around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy neighboring ours. It's the first time such a disc, identical to those forming ...

A Gamma-Ray Pulsar Milestone Inspires Innovative Astrophysics and Applications

Nov. 28, 2023 — Scientists have announced the discovery of nearly 300 gamma ray ...

Dwarf Galaxies Use 10-Million-Year Quiet Period to Churn out Stars

Nov. 21, 2023 — If you look at massive galaxies teeming with stars, you might be forgiven in thinking they are star factories, churning out brilliant balls of gas. But actually, less evolved dwarf galaxies have ...

NASA's Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way

Nov. 21, 2023 — The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to ...

'Triple Star' Discovery Could Revolutionize Understanding of Stellar Evolution

Nov. 21, 2023 — A ground-breaking new discovery could transform the way astronomers understand some of the biggest and most common stars in the Universe. Research ...

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An Old Star With Ring-Like Structure: ALMA Demonstrates Highest Resolution Yet

Nov. 15, 2023 — ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) has demonstrated the highest resolution yet with observations of an old star. The observations show that the star is surrounded by a ring-like ...

With Unprecedented Flares, Stellar Corpse Shows Signs of Life

Nov. 15, 2023 — After a distant star's explosive death, an active stellar corpse was the likely source of repeated energetic flares observed over several months -- a phenomenon astronomers had never seen ...

Extended Habitability of Exoplanets Due to Subglacial Water

Nov. 9, 2023 — New research promises to redefine our comprehension of habitable exoplanets. A recent study introduces the concept of subglacial liquid water as a pivotal element in broadening the boundaries of the ...

Scientists Find 14 New Transient Objects in Space by Peering Through the 'Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster'

Nov. 9, 2023 — Scientists have discovered 14 new transient objects during their time-lapse study of galaxy cluster MACS0416 -- located about 4.3 billion light years from Earth -- which they've dubbed as the ...

Giant Planets Cast a Deadly Pall

Oct. 31, 2023 — Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other stars. New studies show, in some planetary systems, the giants tend to kick smaller planets ...

Massive Space Explosion Observed Creating Elements Needed for Life

Oct. 25, 2023 — Scientists have observed the creation of rare chemical elements in the second-brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen -- casting new light on how heavy elements are ...

Grasping the Three-Dimensional Morphology of Kilonovae

Oct. 18, 2023 — An advanced new three-dimensional (3D) computer simulation of the light emitted following a merger of two neutron stars has produced a similar sequence of spectroscopic features to an observed ...

NASA's Webb Captures an Ethereal View of NGC 346

Oct. 11, 2023 — One of the greatest strengths of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is its ability to give astronomers detailed views of areas where new stars are being born. The latest example, showcased here ...

Researchers Capture First-Ever Afterglow of Huge Planetary Collision in Outer Space

Oct. 11, 2023 — A chance social media post by an eagle-eyed amateur astronomer sparked the discovery of an explosive collision between two giant planets, which crashed into each other in a distant space system 1,800 ...

Stellar Fountain of Youth With Turbulent Formation History in the Center of Our Galaxy

Oct. 10, 2023 — An unexpectedly high number of young stars has been identified in the direct vicinity of a supermassive black hole and water ice has been detected at the center of our ...

Astronomers Discover First Step Toward Planet Formation

Oct. 6, 2023 — Astronomers have gotten very good at spotting the signs of planet formation around stars. But for a complete understanding of planet formation, we also need to study examples where planet formation ...

Pulsars May Make Dark Matter Glow

Oct. 6, 2023 — The central question in the ongoing hunt for dark matter is: what is it made of? One possible answer is that dark matter consists of particles known as axions. A team of astrophysicists has now shown ...

Scientists Discover the Highest Energy Gamma-Rays Ever from a Pulsar

Oct. 5, 2023 — Scientists have detected the highest energy gamma rays ever from a dead star called a pulsar. The energy of these gamma rays clocked in at 20 tera-electronvolts, or about ten trillion times the ...

Bursts of Star Formation Explain Mysterious Brightness at Cosmic Dawn

Oct. 3, 2023 — In the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of the universe’s earliest galaxies, the young galaxies appear too bright, too massive and too mature to have formed so soon after the ...

Extreme Weight Loss: Star Sheds Unexpected Amounts of Mass Just Before Going Supernova

Sep. 27, 2023 — A newly discovered nearby supernova whose star ejected up to a full solar mass of material in the year prior to its explosion is challenging the standard theory of stellar evolution. The new ...

New Insights Into the Atmosphere and Star of an Exoplanet

Sep. 25, 2023 — A new study of the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system has demonstrated the complex interaction between the activity of the system's star and its planetary ...

Snaps Supersonic Outflow of Young Star

Sep. 14, 2023 — Herbig-Haro (HH) objects are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars, formed when stellar winds or jets of gas spewing from these newborn stars form shock waves colliding with nearby gas and dust ...

Study Hints at the Existence of the Closest Black Holes to Earth in the Hyades Star Cluster

Sep. 8, 2023 — A new article hints at the existence of several black holes in the Hyades cluster -- the closest open cluster to our solar system -- which would make them the closest black holes to Earth ever ...

Ravenous Black Hole Consumes Three Earths'-Worth of Star Every Time It Passes

Sep. 7, 2023 — Massive burst of X-rays detected by astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth burning up in a black hole. They observed a star like our own Sun being eaten away every time it ...

Scientists Detect and Validate the Longest-Period Exoplanet Found With TESS

Aug. 31, 2023 — Scientists have detected and validated two of the longest-period exoplanets found by TESS to date. These long period large exoplanets orbit a K dwarf star and belong to a class of planets known as ...

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