Research reveals secret to Jupiter’s curious aurora activity
Auroral displays continue to intrigue scientists, whether the bright lights shine over Earth or over another planet. The lights hold…
Astrophysics
String theory solves the mystery of the behavior of photons around a black hole
A paper by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) Director Ooguri Hirosi and…
Dark Energy Survey: physicists open new window into dark energy
The universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate, and while no one is sure why, researchers with the Dark Energy…
We Finally Have The First-Ever Evidence of Cosmic Superaccelerators in Our Galaxy
A cosmic gamma ray detected zipping across the Milky Way has broken the record for the most energetic we’ve found…
What is A gravitational lens?
A gravitational lens is a distribution of matter (such as a cluster of galaxies) between a distant light source and…
Comet Impact Enables Probe of Jupiter’s Winds
Scientists at the European Southern Observatory are describing newly observed wind processes on Jupiter as “a unique meteorological beast.” I…
BINARY BLACK HOLE
A binary black hole is a system consisting of two black holes in close orbit around each other. Like black…
Star Formation – Part II
On the first part we saw some basic historic concepts about star formation (i.e. Jeans mass). We then went through…
Star Formation – Part I
In the introduction of this section, we saw star formation in a nutshell. Thus, the crucial details of the process…
New data challenges the long-held theory that all of Mars’s water escaped into space
Billions of years ago, the Red Planet was far more blue; according to evidence still found on the surface, abundant…