An innovative type of detector that allows accurate determination of the oscillation profile of light waves has been developed by physicists in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics at LMU Munich and at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ).
Recently, it was discovered that the fusion of a very large binary system of neutron stars created gravitational waves. This discovery also involved the University of Valencia.
One of the most fascinating promises of quantum technology is a functional quantum computer. Quantum computers have considerably increased computing power, possessing the ability to solve tasks that otherwise cannot be handled by traditional computers.
Three and a half weeks after being launched, a balloon-borne scientific instrument developed to investigate the source of cosmic rays is on its second prowl high above the continent of Antarctica.
The oldest stars of the Milky Way galaxy are found within its outskirts. However, in this celestial retirement community, astronomers have observed something unpredicted—a cluster of young stars.
Wolf Cukier’s job as a summer intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in 2019 was to investigate variations in star brightness that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) captures and uploads to the Planet Hunters TESS citizen science project.
Scientists at The University of Western Australia have contributed to a new study with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) revealing a possible collision of two neutron stars 3.4 times heavier than the sun.
Astronomers have spotted UGC 2885, an incredible spiral galaxy that might be called the “Godzilla galaxy” since it may be the largest ever galaxy in the local universe.
A new technique has been created by researchers to detect oxygen in the atmospheres of exoplanets. This technique could speed up the search for life on exoplanets.
The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped incredible new images of a gargantuan spiral galaxy some 232 million light-years away. The galaxy is so big in fact that NASA has dubbed it the “Godzilla Galaxy” as it d...
By David J. Cross, M.A
7 Jan 2020
Last week, new research reported evidence that suggests Venus is likely to be the home of active volcanoes, answering a question that scientists have wondered about for years, given the planet’s history of volcanis...
By Sarah Moore
7 Jan 2020
In the pursuit to gain deeper insight into the mechanism behind the formation of massive black holes in the early Universe, astronomers have obtained vital clues by discovering 13 such black holes in dwarf galaxies located within a billion light-years from Earth.
With nearly half a century passing between now and the last time humankind walked on the Moon, NASA has announced a new program that would see astronauts set foot on the lunar surface. Dubbed the Artemis program, the pla...
By David J. Cross, M.A
6 Jan 2020
This July, NASA plan to launch their Mars 2020 mission Rover from the Kennedy Space Center. The aim of the mission, which will cost around $2.5 billion, is to continue to search for life on Mars, using robots to explore ...
By Sarah Moore
6 Jan 2020
A mysterious hydrogen gas ring surrounding a faraway galaxy has been discovered by a group of astronomers from the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune, India.