WPI mathematical physicist Mayer Humi has been studying the solar system for decades. Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute/Matthew Burgos Using a limited set of mathematical equations,…
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The temporal evolution of the universe, from the Big Bang to the present, is described by Einstein’s field equations of general relativity. However, there are…
Considering what we know about the key ingredients for life’s formation on Earth, here are three explanations for how this process may have occurred on…
Snapshots of the M87* black hole appearance, obtained through imaging / geometric modeling, and the EHT array of telescopes in 2009-2017. The diameter of all…
Banner image: Artist’s depiction of the twin Janus spacecraft. Credit: Lockheed Martin CU Boulder and Lockheed Martin will lead a new space mission to capture…
The Chang’e-4 lunar probe, photographed from the Yutu-2 rover. The measuring device from Kiel is located on the left behind the antenna. Credit: CNSA/CLEP In…
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/LPG/CNRS/University of Nantes/Space Science Institute A global infrared mosaic of Saturn’s moon Enceladus created using a complete dataset from the Cassini spacecraft…
Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered an Earth-sized planet that zips around its star every 3.14 days. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle, Christine Daniloff, MIT…
The debris objects shown in the images are an artist’s impression based on actual density data. However, the debris objects are shown at an exaggerated…
Deserts like the Sahara harbor fresh water aquifers that can be affected by Earth’s changing climate. The OASIS study project seeks to a establish a…
In this illustration, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover uses the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL). Located on the turret at the end of the rover’s…
Coronal magnetic field lines obtained from the PFSS model. Credit: Z.-H. Yang et al., Science (2020) The Sun is a magnetized star. Its magnetic field…
Although the two galaxies in NGC 3256 appear merged when viewed in visible light, a second, bright nucleus is found hiding among the tangle of…
An IRAC infrared image of a filament of young star-forming cores, with the intensity of the dense gas emission overlaid in contours. New submillimeter observations…
These images showing nanojets on the Sun were captured by NASA’s IRIS mission on Apr. 3, 2014. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s IRIS…
NGC 5585, a spiral galaxy on the tail of the Great Bear in the constellation of Ursa Major as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.…
A Southwest Research Institute scientist has identified stellar phosphorus as a probable marker in narrowing the search for life in the cosmos. Stars with phosphorus…
Asteroid 4-Vesta is the second-largest body in the asteroid belt. Uranium-lead dating and other analytical methods tell researchers which meteorites come from Vesta and also…
This artistic impression depicts our Solar System neighbour Venus, where scientists have confirmed the detection of phosphine molecules. The molecules were detected in the Venusian…
This split image shows the difference between an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, captured in April 2014) and a quiet Sun during…