The asteroid is likely shedding reddish dust, revealing a fresh, blue surface beneath
Solar System
Solar System
Astronomy
Astronomers devise an experiment to understand the original inception of oxygen
With help from next-generation particle accelerators, the approach may nail down the rate of oxygen production in the universe
Deep Space
NASA’s TESS spots its first exoplanets and supernovae
From its first data set, astronomers have already discovered new and exciting exoplanets and pivotal distance-measuring supernovae
Space Exploration
Tiny satellites could lead the way for huge next-generation telescopes
With the proposal for enormous space telescopes becoming more serious, engineers suggest using tiny satellites as ‘guide stars’ for any future telescope
Deep Space
Finding aliens with laser precision
A recent study claims that a power-enough laser aimed into space could be detectable from as far as 20,000 light years away
Astronomy
Protons strongly influence the behaviour of neutron stars
It is thought that in the densest stars in the universe, neutron stars, are more strongly controlled by a small fraction of protons
Deep Space
Astronomers propose new way of measuring the universe’s expansion
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing
Deep Space
Astronomers baffled by a radio ‘echo’ detected from distant galaxy
13 days after an X-ray emission was detected from a distant galaxy, an almost identical radio signal was detected
News
BREAKING: Gravitational waves detected for the very first time
The finding confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented new window to the universe