ALMA detected twinkling heart of the milky way
Sgr A* sometimes flares up in millimeter wavelength. Now, for the first time, astronomers obtained high-quality data of radio-wave intensity variation of Sgr A*...
Astronomers discovered the first known Jupiter Trojan asteroid
Using the University of Hawaiʻi ‘s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), astronomers have discovered a first-of-its-kind asteroid called Jupiter Trojan. The asteroid appears...
A massive rotating disk found in the early universe
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered a massive rotating disk galaxy when the universe was only ten percent of its current age, challenges the...
ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born. Around...
New decoder to tease out exoplanet climate
Dozens of Earth-sized planets already discovered. The next is to search for life beyond our Solar system will be the characterization of the atmospheres...
Astronomers captured the birth of a pair of giant planets in PDS 70 system
Using a new infrared pyramid wavefront sensor for adaptive optics (AO) correction at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, a Caltech-led team...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe began its longest observation campaign to date
On May 9, 2020, Parker Solar Probe started its longest science observation campaign. The probe activated its at a distance of 62.5 million miles...
How extraterrestrial life might evolve in alien worlds?
Humans have been wondering whether we are alone in the universe since antiquity.
We know from the geological record that life started relatively quickly, as...
This marvelous looking galaxy host two supernovae
Located at a distance of circa 85 million light-years from Earth, the galaxy called NGC 5861 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in constellation Libra.
Recently,...
Satellite captured a magnificent view of San Francisco Bay from space
San Francisco Bay is a shallow estuary in the US state of California. Almost 100 km in length, it is surrounded by a contiguous...
Traces of solar system’s oldest molecular fluid found in meteorite
The Tagish Lake meteorite is a unique piece of the asteroid belt. It is a highly brecciated ungrouped carbonaceous (C2) chondrite with minimal terrestrial...
Salad leaves could safely be grown on Mars, study
In the ‘Rocket Science’ project, scientists from Royal Holloway sent salad rocket seeds into space, with the futuristic concept of one day being able...