In a new study published in the The Astrophysical Journal, Dr. Li Zhenwei and his collaborators from Yunnan Observatories of...
For most stars, neutron stars and black holes are their final resting places. When a supergiant star runs out of...
Thanks to the dizzying growth of cosmic observations and measurement tools and some new advancements (primarily the “discovery” of what...
Using new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an...
Like boulders, rocks, and pebbles scattered across a landscape, asteroids come in a wide range of sizes. Cataloging asteroids in...
When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes back...
Earth’s magnetic field protects us from the dangerous radiation of space, but it is not as permanent as we might...
Scientists at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and their international collaborators have recently developed...
Finding water on distant planets and moons in our solar system is a challenge, especially when the instrument is thousands...
Scientists on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have transformed data collected during two recent flybys of Io into animations that...
The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission—and to prepare...
Just as sat-nav did away with the need to argue over the best route home, scientists from the University of...