18-Hour Year Planet on Edge of Destruction
Astronomers from the University of Warwick have observed an exoplanet orbiting a star in just over 18 hours, the shortest orbital period ever observed for a planet of its type
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How the Tiniest Particles in Our Universe Saved Us from Complete Annihilation
To overcome a complete annihilation, researchers say, the universe must have turned a small amount of anti-matter into matter, creating an imbalance between them
Here and Gone: Outbound Comets Are Likely of Alien Origin
Not all comets follow closed orbits around the Sun
Taking the Temperature of Dark Matter
The standard model for dark matter is that it is 'cold,' meaning that the particles move slowly compared to the speed of light
NASA Planet Hunter Finds Its First Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World
Scientists confirmed the find, called TOI 700 d, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and have modeled the planet's potential environments to help inform future observations
Scientists Find Iron 'Snow' in Earth's Core
The image may sound like an alien winter wonderland, but the scientists who led the research said it is akin to how rocks form inside volcanoes
Water Common—yet Scarce—in Exoplanets
Researchers found that while water vapor is common in the atmospheres of many exoplanets, the amounts were surprisingly lower than expected
Chinese Academy of Sciences Leads Discovery of Unpredicted Stellar Black Hole
The monster black hole is located 15 thousand light-years from Earth and has been named LB-1 by the researchers
Astronomers Find Evidence of Missing Neutron Star
Scientists uncover the relic at the heart of Supernova 1987A that has been hidden for over 30 years
New Study Suggests 'Pac-Man-Like' Mergers Could Explain Massive, Spinning Black Holes
RIT associate professor Richard O'Shaughnessy contributes to study in Physical Review Letters