Phys.org – Astronomy

Instead of a tempest in a teapot, imagine the cosmos in a canister. Scientists have performed experiments using nested, spinning cylinders to confirm that an uneven wobble in a ring of electrically conductive fluid like […]

Researchers from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made significant progress in understanding how three-dimensional (3D) layered structures form within open star clusters. Using N-body simulations and analyzing 279 […]

A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held belief that planets near […]

“Space ice” contains tiny crystals and is not a completely disordered material like liquid water, as previously assumed, according to a new study by scientists at UCL (University College London) and the University of Cambridge.This […]

Astronomers from the Center of Astronomical and Space Education in Moscow report the discovery of a new star, which turned out to be an eclipsing variable binary. The finding of the new star, which received […]

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming “pebbles” around two young stars.This post was originally published on this site

Celestial objects known as dark dwarfs may be hiding at the center of our galaxy and could offer key clues to uncover the nature of one of the most mysterious and fundamental phenomena in contemporary […]

Astronomers from the University of Turku in Finland and elsewhere have performed a broadband spectral and timing study of an X-ray binary designated XTE J0111.2−7317, which resulted in the detection of quasi-periodic oscillations in this […]

As NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft traveled through the Kuiper Belt at a distance of more than 5.5 billion miles from Earth, an international team of astronomers used the far-flung probe to conduct an unprecedented experiment: […]

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has two planets that orbit their star in a unique style, like an old-fashioned merry-go-round.This […]