New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space

Representative μCT slices from chips of the Winchcombe meteorite and contoured orientation data on the long…

Rubin observatory will reveal dark matter’s ghostly disruptions of stellar streams

Credit: National Science Foundation Glittering threads of stars around the Milky Way may hold answers to…

Orbital eccentricity may have led to young underground ocean on Saturn’s moon Mimas

An illustration of Mimas’s ice shell evolution, in which the changes in ice shell thickness (y-axis)…

Hydrogen recombination found to be most plausible explanation for high levels of energy in stellar superflares

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the…

Astrophysicists solve mystery of heart-shaped feature on the surface of Pluto

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker The mystery of how Pluto got…

Astronomers detect radio halo in a massive galaxy cluster

Archival Chandra image of ACT-CL J0329. Credit: Sikhosana et al., 2024. An international team of astronomers…

Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescope

Photo shows from L to R: Hai-Bo Yu, Demao Kong, and Daneng Yang. Credit: Hai-Bo Yu,…

Can the Coastal Commission impose a limit?

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX has significantly increased the frequency of its rocket launches from a…

Research introduces a novel approach to characterize their behavior

White fissures on the magnetar’s surface symbolizing starquake activity, and conical spikes extending from the surface…

Problems with 3 Body Problem? Experts discuss physics, mathematics behind hit Netflix show

Credit: AI-generated image The science fiction television series 3 Body Problem, the latest from the creators…