Astronomy professor offers new theory on universe’s star formation
In this Hubble Space Telescope picture, both blue and red galaxies are visible. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J.…
This star might have been thrown out of a globular cluster by an intermediate mass black hole
Comparison of traditional velocity dispersion and pulsar timing methods (left) versus the HiVel ejection from globular clusters method…
Scientists discover method to restore vanishing electronic patterns in quantum materials
STEM imaging of a single crystal through multiple annealing cycles. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58583-y A new…
Scientists discover how stellar-mass black holes emit powerful plasma jets
The inner edge of the gas disk rapidly shrinks towards the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) near the…
Supermassive black holes could strip stars down to their helium cores
How a stripped star might be detectable by the LISA observatory. Credit: Olejak, et al We all know…
The search for biosignatures in Enceladus’ plumes
Artist’s illustration of Enceladus’s plumes. Credit: NASA What kind of mission would be best suited to sample the…
Our understanding of the physical properties of galaxies could be wrong
Image of the Milky Way at night. Up until recently, astronomy was reliant entirely on electromagnetic waves. While…
Advanced visual localization and topographic mapping enhance Zhurong rover’s Mars exploration
The traverse of Zhurong rover generated from visual localization. Credit: AIR A collaborative research team has improved visual…
Methane detected in the atmosphere of the nearest T dwarf
Images of the position of WISE1810 on 21 July 2024 from GTC/EMIR in the J, H and Ks…
A new dissipation-based method to probe quantum correlations
Illustration of the dissipative processes in the strongly-correlated quantum many-body system. Credit: Zhao et al. Quantum systems are…