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Scientists have unveiled a new approach to detecting gravitational waves in the milli-Hertz frequency range, providing access to astrophysical and cosmological phenomena that are not detectable with current instruments.This post was originally published on this […]

Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule phosphine (PH3), an explosive, highly toxic gas.This post was originally published on this site

A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor.This post was originally published on this site

Since the early 20th century, scientists have gathered compelling evidence that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. This acceleration is attributed to what is known as dark energy—a fundamental property of spacetime that […]

The most distant and most powerful “odd radio circle” (ORC) known so far has been discovered by astronomers. These curious rings are a relatively newly identified astronomical phenomenon, having been detected for the first time […]

Astronomers have identified an enormous “growth spurt” in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike the planets in our solar system, these objects do not orbit stars, free-floating on their own instead. The new observations, made with […]

Astronomers report the discovery of two new highly scattered pulsars as part of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) survey. The findings are detailed in a research paper published September 24 […]

It rains on the sun, and thanks to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), we finally know why. Unlike water that falls from the sky on Earth, solar rain happens in […]

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth’s solar system and its planets looked more like a […]

The discovery of a large population of compact, red objects, now widely known as Little Red Dots (LRDs) is one of the most exciting results by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to date. An […]