All Astrophysics


Underground ocean found on Jupiter’s largest moon

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 10 Apr 2015

Scientists have used a new approach to find evidence for a subsurface saltwater ocean on Jupiter's …

Underestimation of dust threatens BICEP results

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 22 Sep 2014

Spinning dust grains have put a dampener on the celebrations that cosmologists have found faint sig…

Alice returns results

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 15 Sep 2014

Alice, the miniature ultra-violet imaging spectrograph aboard the Rosetta orbiter, has successfully…

Galaxy forming stars at ferocious rate

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 5 Sep 2014

A galaxy giving birth to new stars at a ferocious rate has been spotted by NASA astronomers.!--more…

Lithium problem solved…almost

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 4 Sep 2014

Lithium has proved to be a stubborn problem for astrophysicists; the quantities predicted to have r…

Supernova explosions recreated in the lab

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 12 Jun 2014

A scaled supernova explosion has been recreated in the laboratory using lasers 60,000 billion times…

Einstein’s theory aids planet-hunters

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 24 Jun 2013

A team of astrophysicists have discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein’s…

Shedding light on solar flares

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 13 Mar 2013

Astrophysicists at the University of Glasgow are investigating auroras to better understand the mec…

One in six stars has Earth-sized planet

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 4 Feb 2013

A new analysis of Kepler spacecraft data has revealed that about 17% of stars have an Earth-sized p…

Moon born in violent collision

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 3 Dec 2012

Planetary scientists have discovered evidence that the Moon was created when a body the size of Mar…

Dark energy really does exist

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 13 Sep 2012

Dark energy, a cosmic substance thought to be speeding up the expansion of the Universe, really doe…