All Astrophysics


New clues to source of comet oxygen

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 16 Jul 2018

Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as tho…

This isn’t the binary system you’re looking for…

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 8 May 2018

Artificial intelligence is helping astronomers study the habitability of circumbinary planets – tho…

Shedding light on dark matter

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 18 Apr 2018

Physicists have claimed the discovery of a new material that may be able to directly detect dark ma…

Cheap Mini-satellites revolutionise data collection

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 16 Apr 2018

Earth scientists have suggested that high-resolution data collected by miniaturized satellites hera…

The bare-bones of hypergravity

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 9 Apr 2018

A team of student biologists have been selected to take part to study the effect of hypergravity on…

Exploding stars have a link to climate change

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 22 Jan 2018

Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new …

Early comet detected

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 14 Dec 2017

Astronomers have identified a comet 1.5 billion miles from the Sun – a feat never achieved before –…

Boron discovery suggests Martian habitability

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 Dec 2017

Researchers believe life may have existed on Mars, after the discovery of boron by the Curiosity ro…

Atomic secret of star formation uncovered

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 1 Dec 2017

Astronomers have discovered new information regarding the role of hydrogen atoms in stellar formati…

Gravitational wave insight is discovery boon

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 30 Nov 2017

Researchers have discovered that gravity travels at the same speed of light, after detecting gravit…

Nobel Prize Physics winners announced

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 3 Oct 2017

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been announced, with one half awarded to Rainer Weiss and the other …

TRAPPIST-1 system could support life

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 3 Oct 2017

Some of the recently discovered planets in the TRAPPIST solar system could potentially be habitable…

Metal oxide discovered on exoplanet

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 26 Sep 2017

A team of astronomers have discovered, for the first time, titanium oxide on the exoplanet WASP-19b.

Mercury’s hidden ice content discovered

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 19 Sep 2017

Research carried out at Brown University in the US suggests more ice is present than originally tho…

Uncovering the mystery of the bow shock

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 18 Sep 2017

An international team of astrophysicists has revealed more about interactions between Mars and the …

Neptune in the sky with diamonds

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 6 Sep 2017

An international collaboration of scientists has revealed that ice giants create large amounts of d…

The icy insides of Neptune revealed

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 23 Aug 2017

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh have revealed the chemical make-up of Neptune’s mantle.

Could this be Planet Ten?

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 2 Aug 2017

Scientists are hinting there’s a new planetary object based on the outskirts of our Solar System – …

Supernova search reveals new molecules

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 13 Jul 2017

Previously undetected molecules from a supernova have been discovered by researchers at Cardiff Uni…

‘Styrofoam’ planet promises much for habitable planet search

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 7 Jun 2017

Researchers at Lehigh University in the US have discovered a new planet with a styrofoam-like densi…