The James Webb Space Telescope Captured the End of Planet Formation

The James Webb Space Telescope Captured the End of Planet Formation

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is expanding scientists’ understanding of planet formation by studying their birthplaces and the circumstellar disks that encircle young stars.…
Fixing Space-Physics Mistakes Improves Satellite Safety

Fixing Space-Physics Mistakes Improves Satellite Safety

Correcting 50-year-old math flaws that explain how electromagnetic waves disperse electrons trapped in Earth’s magnetic fields could lead to greater space technology safety. “The discovery…
High-Resolution Simulations Offer Fresh Insights Into how Galaxies Develop

High-Resolution Simulations Offer Fresh Insights Into how Galaxies Develop

Astronomers can use supercomputers to recreate galaxies’ creation from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to today. However, there are other reasons for the…
The Earth’s Atmosphere is Missing Massive Amounts of Xenon, and We don’t know Where It Went

The Earth’s Atmosphere is Missing Massive Amounts of Xenon, and We don’t know Where It Went

Meteorites that have impacted our planet over the years have left us with a mystery: significant amounts of xenon appear to be vanishing from the…
How Does ‘the Strong Force’ Affect the Gravitational Wave Backdrop

How Does ‘the Strong Force’ Affect the Gravitational Wave Backdrop

Gravitationally speaking, the universe is a chaotic place. Gravitational waves from unknown sources travel unexpectedly through space, presumably from the early universe. Scientists have been…
Astronomers Discovered a New Relationship Between Water and Planet Formation

Astronomers Discovered a New Relationship Between Water and Planet Formation

Researchers discovered water vapor in the disk surrounding a young star, just where planets may be developing. Water is an essential component of life on…
The Dust Generation Model Suggests that Planets May Develop More Easily Than Previously Imagined

The Dust Generation Model Suggests that Planets May Develop More Easily Than Previously Imagined

A team led by a RIKEN astronomer has calculated that the building components of new planets may form more easily than previously assumed. Planets form…
Astronomers Find an Incredibly Red Supermassive Black Hole in the Early Cosmos Growing in the Shadows

Astronomers Find an Incredibly Red Supermassive Black Hole in the Early Cosmos Growing in the Shadows

A team of astronomers led by Dr. Lukas Furtak and Prof. Adi Zitrin from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev discovered an incredibly red, gravitationally…
Astronomers Study the Effects of Dark Matter on the Evolution of Galaxies

Astronomers Study the Effects of Dark Matter on the Evolution of Galaxies

Dark matter accounts for approximately 85% of all matter in the cosmos. Although regular matter absorbs, reflects, and emits light, dark matter cannot be observed…
Scientists Map the Largest Magnetic Fields in Galaxy Clusters Using the Synchrotron Intensity Gradient

Scientists Map the Largest Magnetic Fields in Galaxy Clusters Using the Synchrotron Intensity Gradient

In a new study, scientists studied magnetic fields in galaxy clusters, revealing the impact of galactic mergers on magnetic-field structures and calling into question earlier…
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