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NASA's SPHEREx to Map the Universe in Unprecedented Detail with Infrared Colors
Nov 03, 2024 (SPX)
"We are the first mission to look at the whole sky in so many colors," said SPHEREx Principal Investigator Jamie Bock from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and ...
NASA's Hubble and Webb examine the mysterious smooth disk around Vega
Nov 03, 2024 (SPX)
Astronomers from the University of Arizona, Tucson, have employed NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to conduct an unprecedented detailed examination...
DTU researchers reveal record-fast-spinning neutron star in the Milky Way
Oct 31, 2024 (SPX)
"We were studying thermonuclear explosions from this system and then found remarkable oscillations, suggesting a neutron star spinning around its center axis at...
Scientists challenge fundamental spin-statistics assumptions in atomic collisions
Oct 31, 2024 (SPX)
A new study, however, has brought these foundational assumptions into question. Published in 'Physical Review Letters' on Oct. 22, research led by the Institute...
Evidence mounts for dark energy from black holes
Oct 31, 2024 (SPX)
That ancient energy shared key features of the current universe's dark energy, which is the largest mystery of our time by at least one objective standard: It m...
Innovative model enables astronomers to explore explosive space events in new detail
Oct 30, 2024 (SPX)
Eric Coughlin, assistant professor of physics at Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, has introduced a rapid modeling approach to understand thes...
AXIS mission selected as NASA Astrophysics Probe competition finalist
Oct 30, 2024 (SPX)
Erin Kara, associate professor of physics and astrophysicist at MIT, is the deputy principal investigator for AXIS. The MIT team includes MKI scientists Eric Mi...
Highest-energy gamma rays detected at Milky Way's core
Oct 28, 2024 (SPX)
"These results are a glimpse at the center of the Milky Way to an order of magnitude higher energies than ever seen before," said Pat Harding, a Los Alamos phys...
Scientists discover molecules that store much of the carbon in space
Oct 25, 2024 (SPX)
The discovery of pyrene in this far-off cloud, which is similar to the collection of dust and gas that eventually became our own solar system, suggests that pyr...
Ultra-compact spectrometer offers the capabilities of much larger devices
Oct 24, 2024 (SPX)
Led by UC Santa Cruz Professor Holger Schmidt and Professor Kevin Bundy, the research team published their findings in *APL Photonics*, showcasing a spectromete...
Highest-energy gamma rays observed from Milky Way center
Oct 24, 2024 (SPX)
"These results are a glimpse at the center of the Milky Way to an order of magnitude higher energies than ever seen before," said Pat Harding, a physicist at Lo...
DOE awards Emory chemist $875K to optimize light-driven electron transfer
Oct 24, 2024 (SPX)
"Photoredox catalysis has broad applications in organic synthesis and it's also eco-conscious," said Liu, assistant professor of chemistry at Emory. "By using l...
Betelgeuse may have an orbiting companion star
Oct 22, 2024 (SPX)
Referred to as Alpha Ori B, or the "Betelbuddy," by astrophysicist Jared Goldberg, this companion star might influence Betelgeuse's brightness by clearing away ...
Gemini North reveals Perseus Cluster galaxies linked by dark matter
Oct 22, 2024 (SPX)
This stunning view from Gemini North, located in Hawaii, showcases the immense scale of the Universe, as countless galaxies populate the image. At the heart of ...
Shrouded axions may surround neutron stars
Oct 21, 2024 (SPX)
The new research, published in 'Physical Review X', builds on previous studies of axions and neutron stars. The researchers have now turned their attention to a...
Near-Earth Microquasar found to emit powerful gamma radiation
Oct 18, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory (HAWC) have identified microquasars as a significant source of ultra-high-energy cosmic...
Hubble captures dramatic eruption of stellar duo
Oct 17, 2024 (SPX)
R Aquarii belongs to a category of double stars known as symbiotic stars. It features a red giant, which is over 400 times larger than the Sun and classified as...
China's underground lab seeks answer to deep scientific riddle
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
China has emerged as a science powerhouse in recent years, with the country's Communist leadership ploughing billions of dollars into advanced research to conte...
Zoom into the first page of ESA Euclid's great cosmic atlas
Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)
Presented at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, by ESA's Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Science Carole Mundell, this i...
A new machine learning model sharpens view of the Milky Way using Gaia data
Oct 13, 2024 (SPX)
The European Space Agency's Gaia mission released its third data set, providing improved measurements for 1.8 billion stars, offering a vast amount of data for ...
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