To discover the secrets of exploding stars or black holes, scientists have been focusing on the…
Category: Phys.org
Phys.org
Stolen comets and free-floating objects
Our solar system may contain alien comets that were stolen from another star flying past 4.5…
Evidence of new magnetic transitions in late-type dwarfs from Gaia DR2
Since the second Gaia data release on the 25th April 2018, astrophysicists have had at their…
Study corroborates the influence of planetary tidal forces on solar activity
One of the big questions in solar physics is why the sun’s activity follows a regular…
Giant planets and comets battling in the circumstellar disk around HD 163296
In a study appearing today in the Astrophysical Journal, an INAF-lead team of researchers explored whether…
Threatened beetles benefit from forest thinning
Wood-living beetles that use oak trees are a species-rich and threatened animal group in modern forestry…
We finally understand how oxygen reacts on platinum
Platinum is a widely used catalyst, but its precise mechanism largely remains a mystery to scientists.…
New technique for studying rusting of steel benefits mining industry
University of Saskatchewan (USask) Ph.D. student Arthur Situm has developed a new non-invasive technique to study…
Resurvey of mountains depicted in Tableau Physique reveal errors, impact of climate change
A team of researchers from Toulouse University, Pontificia Universidad and CNRS, Université de Montpellier, has conducted…
New model predicts changes in wood
Wood is a living material that changes with varying temperatures and humidity. Sabina Huč, a former…