Astronomy

How a giant planetary baby grows

Artist's impression of the growing exoplanet PDS 70b. (Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, Joseph Olmsted, STScI) A cosmic cradle in sight: Astronomers have gained insights...

First look at magnetic fields at the black hole

Light ring around M87 *, the dark lines show the polarization. (Image: EHT Collaboration) In April 2019, the first photo of a black hole...

Gamma rays reveal an intermediate black hole

By acting as a gravitational lens, the black hole has given itself away. (Image: Carl Knox / OzGrav) Intermediate black holes have so far...

Atmospheric trace of a hike

Artist's impression of the exoplanet HD 209458b. The shimmering sickle is said to illustrate the light spectra used by astronomers to identify six...

New physics in the storage ring?

Look at the muon-g-2 experiment. (Image: Fermilab) Recently, there have been more frequent references to gaps in the Standard Model of physics - to...

Hot candidate for atmosphere research

Artist's impression of the surface of the planet Gliese 486b. The astronomers suspect a Venus-like surface with glowing lava flows, but which could...

The most distant “radio loud” quasar

Illustration of the quasar P172 + 18 (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser) Quasars are the brightest and most distant objects that can be observed in...

Physicists measure the smallest gravitational force to date

Gold balls as test masses. (Image: Tobias Westphal / University of Vienna) Gravitation is formative for our universe - and yet it is elusive....

Exoplanet in second garment?

Artist's impression of the planet GJ 1132b with what is probably the second atmosphere in its evolutionary history. (Image: NASA, ESA, and R....

Hydrogen chloride on Mars

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter examines the composition of the atmosphere on Mars. (Image: ESA) Even if Mars is one of the best-researched planets...

The wild cosmos in view

Modern astronomy always leads to new aha moments. (Image: MarioGuti / iStock) From galactic magnetic fields, the cosmic baby boom and the turbulent formation...

A planetary system with a receding star

Illustration of the planetary system K2-290. (Image: Christoffer Grønne) Usually stars and their planets are aligned in the same direction. The planets orbit...

The current Mars rover mission at a glance

The Rover Perseverance is the size of a small car and is equipped with impressive high-tech. (Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech) “Perseverance” successfully arrived on...

Collision extinguishes galaxy

This illustration shows the gas flow emanating from the galaxy ID2299. (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser) In the cosmos there are many large galaxies...

Ancient mass giant

Quasars are among the brightest objects in the cosmos. (Image: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Da Silva) Quasars are the giants of...

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