Astronomy

Extragalactic star breeding grounds mapped

Special molecular radiation (highlighted in color) shows the regions with star-forming clouds in the Whirlpool Galaxy. © Thomas Müller (HdA/MPIA), S. Stuber et...

Liquid layer discovered on Mars core

This illustration shows the reflection of seismic waves from the newly discovered liquid layer between the Martian core and the Martian mantle. ©...

Black holes twist their jets

Detailed view of the spiral plasma structures in blazar 3C 279. © NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration; VLBA/Jorstad et al.; RadioAstron/Fuentes et al ...

Euclid space telescope delivers first images

Detail of the Perseus galaxy cluster, taken by the Euclid Space Telescope. © ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, CC-by-sa 3.0...

Lucy space probe discovers double asteroid moon

When the Lucy space probe flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, its satellite appeared as a compact, rounded moon in the first image (A). ...

Do black holes eat differently than expected?

Supermassive black holes can apparently split up the swirl of debris surrounding them and then quickly devour the inner disk. © Nick Kaaz/Northwestern...

Antimatter in the gravity test

Physicists have constructed a magnetic trap in which antihydrogen's response to gravity can be studied. © US National Science Foundation ...

A super-tight collision product?

Artist's impression of the enigmatic exoplanet TOI-1853b. © Luca Naponiello Denser than steel: Astronomers report a Neptune-sized exoplanet with a gigantic mass. It is about...

Can planets share an orbit?

A planet and its possible Trojan (circled dashed) orbiting the star PDS 70. © ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) /Balsalobre-Ruza et al. ...

Why Venus is so “hot-blooded”.

Presentation video for the study. ©Southwest Research Institute What is the secret of our planetary neighbor's "fiery temper" and "youthful looks"? A model simulation now...

Insight into the mysteries of planet formation

A combination of two exposures detail the complex material system around the star V960 Mon. © ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al. ...

Faintest galaxy in the early cosmos

Galaxy JD1 (detail) and the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, which acts as a gravitational lens. © Guido Roberts-Borsani/UCLA); Original images: NASA, ESA, CSA,...

Organic Molecules in an Early Galaxy

The early galaxy's light was distorted into a ring by gravitational lensing. The orange area in the ring indicates the spectral signature of...

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