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X-ray Space Telescope eROSITA Reveals Millions of Newly Discovered Black Holes

The eROSITA space telescope has revealed its first results with tentative hints at a detailed map of the Universe’s black holes and neutron stars.

28 Jul 2021

NASA's InSight Mission Unveils Internal Structure of Mars

Using information obtained from around a dozen earthquakes detected on Mars by the Very Broad Band SEIS seismometer, developed in France, the international team of NASA's InSight mission has unveiled the internal structure of Mars.

23 Jul 2021

Study: Life on Planets Orbiting White Dwarf Stars Certainly Evolved After the Star’s Death

Any life identified on planets orbiting white dwarf stars almost certainly evolved after the star's death, says a new study led by the University of Warwick that reveals the consequences of the intense and furious stellar winds that will batter a planet as its star is dying.

21 Jul 2021

Solar Physicists Report Discovery of Long-Period Oscillations of the Sun

These motions were measured by analyzing 10 years of observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

21 Jul 2021

Neutron Star Mountains are Millimeters Tall, Scientists Say

New research indicates that if neutron stars have mountains, they are fractions of a millimeter in height.

20 Jul 2021

Supernovae Explosions Could Pack a Bigger Punch with the Help of Cosmic Rays

The final stage of cataclysmic explosions of dying massive stars, called supernovae, could pack an up to six times bigger punch on the surrounding interstellar gas with the help of cosmic rays, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford.

20 Jul 2021

EHT Captures the Heart of the Nearby Radio Galaxy in Unprecedented Detail

An international team anchored by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, which is known for capturing the first image of a black hole in the galaxy Messier 87, has now imaged the heart of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A in unprecedented detail.

20 Jul 2021