More Than 60 Years to Achieve Gender Equity in Astronomy?
Modeling shows urgent need to revamp hiring and working conditions for astronomers
astrophysics
Mars Did Not Dry Up All at Once, New Research Shows
Mars had dry and wet eras and dried up for good 3 billion years ago
First Interstellar Comet May Be the Most Pristine Ever Found
Astronomers suspect that the comet most likely never passed close to a star, making it an undisturbed relic of the cloud of gas and dust it formed from
Scientists Uncover Numerous Complex Molecules Never Before Seen in Space
Radio observations of a cold, dense cloud of molecular gas reveal more than a dozen unexpected molecules
Breaking the Warp Barrier for Faster-Than-Light Travel
Astrophysicist at Göttingen University discovers new theoretical hyper-fast soliton solutions
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
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
Solar CNO Neutrinos Observed for the First Time
'Ghostly' particles are proof of the secondary fusion process that powers our sun
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