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Astronomers Find Evidence of Missing Neutron Star

November 20, 2019

Scientists uncover the relic at the heart of Supernova 1987A that has been hidden for over 30 years

New Laser Opens up Large, Underused Region of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

November 15, 2019

Terahertz frequency laser paves the way for better sensing, imaging, and communications

New Study Suggests 'Pac-Man-Like' Mergers Could Explain Massive, Spinning Black Holes

November 11, 2019

RIT associate professor Richard O'Shaughnessy contributes to study in Physical Review Letters

Voyager 2 Reaches Interstellar Space

November 5, 2019

Iowa-led instrument detects plasma density jump, confirming spacecraft has entered the realm of the stars

Hubble Captures Galaxies' Ghostly Gaze

October 31, 2019

Menacing-looking 'face' formed by titanic smashup between two galaxies

Mars Once Had Salt Lakes Similar to Earth

October 21, 2019

Texas A&M researchers found that Mars has undergone wet and dry periods and salt lakes formed similar to some found in So...

Team Unravels Origin, Chemical Makeup of Titan's Dunes

October 18, 2019

Whereas Earth's dunes are made of silicates or the largest class of minerals, imaging studies revealed that Titan's dunes con...

Telescope Technology Used to Take First Accurate Images of Glaucoma-Related Eye Structure

October 15, 2019

Indiana University optometry researchers took the first undistorted images of the eye's trabecular meshwork using methods ori...

Physicists Have Found a Way to 'Hear' Dark Matter

October 14, 2019

New way to look for dark matter will help researchers search for one of the strongest dark matter candidates in areas th...

Pressure Runs High at Edge of Solar System

October 11, 2019

This pressure was recently measured by scientists in totality for the first time—and it was found to be greater th...

Not Long Ago, the Center of the Milky Way Exploded

October 9, 2019

Researchers find evidence of a cataclysmic flare that punched so far out of the galaxy its impact was felt 200,000 light year...

Record-Breaking Observations Find Most Remote Protocluster of Galaxies

October 2, 2019

The discovery suggests that a large structure such as a protocluster already existed at a time when the universe was only abo...

New Model Proposes Jets Go Superluminal in Gamma-Ray Bursts

September 25, 2019

Recent study indicates that blasts that create gamma-ray bursts may actually exceed the speed of light in surrounding ga...

Artificial Intelligence Probes Dark Matter in the Universe

September 18, 2019

Scientists aim to improve on standard methods for estimating the dark matter content of the universe through artificial ...

Towering Balloon-Like Features Discovered near Center of the Milky Way

September 12, 2019

Features are likely the result of a phenomenally energetic burst that erupted near the Milky Way's supermassive black ho...

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