Astronomy

Flight test for antimatter cores

Collage of the ALICE detector and a galaxy. © ORIGINS Cluster/S. kwauka Although normal matter dominates over antimatter in the universe, there are many physical...

Sound recording of a Martian dust devil

Video: This is what it sounded like when a sand devil hit the Mars rover Perseverance. Source: NPG Press Alien Sounds: The Perseverance rover recorded...

Ignition in laser fusion

Nuclear fusion by laser bombardment. © Damien Jemison/ LLNL Nuclear fusion is considered to be the potential energy of the future, but there is still...

The “Science” highlights of 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope is the 2022 Breakthrough of the Year. © ESA/ATG medialab Every year, shortly before Christmas, the specialist magazine "Science" selects...

Exoplanet with shrinking orbit

Illustration of Kepler-1638 and its planet Kepler-1638b. © Gabriel Perez Diaz/Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var...

immigrants from the outskirts

Assay results from samples from the asteroid Ryugu point to a formation site beyond the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. © JAXA, University...

Revealing impacts on Mars

Depiction of the meteorite impact of December 24, 2021 on Mars and the propagation of the surface waves to the InSight probe. ©...

Astronomers discover the closest black hole to Earth

An inactive stellar black hole and a sun-like star (illustration). © International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani ...

Black holes: middle class on the trail

Images of the center of galaxy SDSS J152120.07+140410.5 have captured a black hole consuming a star. Credit: NASA, ESA, Ryan Foley/UC ...

Lunar loss may have created Saturn’s rings

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The cosmic dynamics in sight

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Quantum entanglement explorer awarded

The phenomenon of quantum entanglement forms the basis of all modern quantum technologies. © Nobelprize.org if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var...

Successful O₂ production on Mars

The MOXIE instrument, weighing around 17 kilograms, was installed in the Perseverance rover and is now in use on the red planet. ©NASA/JPL...

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