Solar system
Science
Solar system processes play a vital role in controlling Earth’s carbon cycle
Study sheds fresh light on the complicated interplay of factors affecting global climate and the carbon cycle.
Science
Early magnetic field around Earth was even stronger than previously believed
The study offers evidence of strong early magnetic field around Earth
Space
A new infrared image reveals our galactic center’s most massive stars
Flying Observatory Maps Our Galaxy
Space
How long it will take already launched space vehicles to arrive at other star systems?
Calculating the time it will take spacecraft to find their way to other star systems.
Space
Figuring out the power of the black hole’s outburst
Michael Calzadilla and colleagues describe a violent black hole outburst that provides new insight into galaxy cluster evolution.
Space
Scientists finally calculated the mass of our milky way
Scientists used sophisticated models to calculate the mass of the Milky Way.
Space
ESO Telescope Reveals What Could be the Smallest Dwarf Planet Yet in the Solar System
Astronomers using ESO’s SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea could be classified as a dwarf planet....
Space
Age-old debate on Saturn’s rings reignited
A study that dates the rings as most likely to have formed early in the solar system.
Space
The newly discovered comet might be an interstellar visitor
If it is interstellar, it would be only the second such object detected.