High Schoolers Find Four Exoplanets through Mentorship Program
The high schoolers turned scientists published their findings this week, thanks to a research mentorship program at the Center for Astrophysics; Harvard and Smithsonian
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Searching for Dark Matter from the Multiverse
New research looks to the early universe to study primordial black holes, which could account for all or part of dark matter
Astronomers Agree: Universe Is Nearly 14 Billion Years Old
New estimate, using data gathered at the National Science Foundation's Atacama Cosmology Telescope, matches the one provided by the standard model of the universe
Team Finds Meteoric Evidence for Previously Unknown Asteroid
Mineralogy points to large, water-rich parent asteroid for carbonaceous chondrite meteorite
Growing Interest in Moon Resources Could Cause Tension
New research indicates that limited resources on Earth's satellite could cause crowding and competition as site selection, extraction become reality
Field Geology at Mars' Equator Points to Ancient Megaflood
The raging megaflood—likely touched off by the heat of a meteoritic impact—set up gigantic ripples that are tell-tale geologic structures familiar to Earth scientists
Galactic Archaeology: Searching for the First Stars
Supercomputers dig into first star fossils
AI and Photonics Join Forces to Make It Easier to Find 'New Earths'
Australian scientists' invention will decipher the 'twinkle' of stars
Scientists Peer inside an Asteroid
Findings could give scientists new insights into the evolution of the solar system's asteroids—how bodies like Bennu transform over millions of years or more
Moon Magnetization Research Debunks Long-Held Theory
Research concludes "that a core dynamo is the only plausible source of the magnetization of the Moon's crust"