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Stardust in the Antarctic Snow

August 20, 2019

Iron-60 discovery in the Antarctic provides information on the environment of the solar system

Virtual 'Universe Machine' Sheds Light on Galaxy Evolution

August 12, 2019

Observing real galaxies in space can only provide snapshots in time, so researchers who want to study how galaxies evolve ove...

Dark Matter May Be Older Than the Big Bang, Study Suggests

August 8, 2019

A recent study presents a new idea of how dark matter was born and how to identify it with astronomical observations...

Continuing the Apollo Legacy

August 1, 2019

Study shows that the Moon is older than previously believed

The Early Days of the Milky Way Revealed

July 23, 2019

A study led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) puts a sequence to the events which gav...

Hubble Uncovers Black Hole That Shouldn't Exist

July 11, 2019

The unexpected presence of a disk of material so close to a black hole offers a unique opportunity to test Albert Einstein's ...

Deep-CEE: The AI Deep Learning Tool Helping Astronomers Explore Deep Space

July 8, 2019

By automating the discovery process, scientists can quickly scan sets of images, and return precise predictions with minimal ...

Methane Vanishing on Mars: Danish Researchers Propose New Mechanism as an Explanation

July 3, 2019

An interdisciplinary research group from Aarhus University has proposed a previously overlooked physical-chemical process tha...

'Oumuamua Is Not an Alien Spacecraft

July 2, 2019

New analysis, co-led by UMD astronomer, suggests a natural origin for our first interstellar visitor

Astrophysicist Announces Discovery That Could Rewrite Story of How Galaxies Die

June 13, 2019

Breakthrough finding overturns assumptions about the maturation of galaxies

Space Travel and Your Joints

May 22, 2019

A novel study of joint cartilage and what it could mean for future astronauts

Squid Skin Inspires Creation of Next-Generation Space Blanket

April 29, 2019

University of California, Irvine engineers develop material with heat regulation properties

Black Hole Image Makes History

April 11, 2019

Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the gal...

Dormant Viruses Activate during Spaceflight

March 18, 2019

The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy...

Space Microbes Aren't so Alien after All

January 9, 2019

Genetic evidence shows bacteria on the International Space Station are adapting to survive, not to harm

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