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Unravelling the origin and chemical makeup of Titan's dunes

by José Joaquin Galánjueves, octubre 31, 2019

Vast longitudinal dunes on Titan's surface. Credit: University of Hawaii. A team led by a University of Hawaii at Manoa chemi...Read More

2I/Borisov Astronomy Comet Hubble Space Telescope Interestelar Object

Comet 2I/Borisov, the new interstellar visitor observed by Hubble

by José Joaquin Galánjueves, octubre 31, 2019

On 12 October 2019, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed Comet 2I/Borisov at a distance of approximately 420 million kilometres f...Read More

Astronomy Exoplanet HD 163296 Planetary Science

Cascades of gas around young star indicate early stages of planet formation

by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, octubre 30, 2019

An artist's conception of the disk of gas and dust rotating around the young star HD 163296. Gas can be seen cascading into gaps in t...Read More

Astronomy Galaxy M77 NGC 1068 Supermassive Black Hole

Going against the flow around a supermassive black hole

by José Joaquin Galánmartes, octubre 29, 2019

ALMA image showing two disks of gas moving in opposite directions around the black hole in galaxy NGC 1068. The colors in this image repr...Read More

Astronomy Black Hole Dwarf Galaxies Galaxies

Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies

by José Joaquin Galánlunes, octubre 28, 2019

NGC1569 is a star-forming galaxy. credit: HST/NASA/ESA. Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered t...Read More

Astronomy Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Moon

Study suggests ice on lunar south pole may have more than one source

by José Joaquin Galánviernes, octubre 25, 2019

Shackleton Crater, the floor of which is permanently shadowed from the sun, appears to be home to deposits of water ice. A new study shed...Read More

Astronomy Galaxies Large Magellanic Cloud Milky Way

The Milky Way kidnapped several tiny galaxies from its neighbour

by José Joaquin Galánviernes, octubre 18, 2019

Visualization of the simulations used in the study. Top left shows dark matter in white. Bottom right shows a simulated Large Magellanic ...Read More

Astronomy Exoplanet Planetary Science

Liquifying a rocky exoplanet

by José Joaquin Galánlunes, octubre 14, 2019

Artist’s impression of the interior of a hot, molten rocky planet. Credit: © University of Bern, illustration: Thibaut Roger. Roc...Read More

Astronomy Astrophysics Magnetar Magnetic Field Neutron Star

How do some neutron stars become the strongest magnets in the Universe?

by José Joaquin Galánviernes, octubre 11, 2019

Artist's conception of a powerful magnetar in a star cluster. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada. A German-British team of astrophysicist...Read More

Astronomy NASA Solar System Sun Voyager Voyager 1 Voyager 2

Pressure runs high at edge of solar system

by José Joaquin Galánjueves, octubre 10, 2019

An illustration depicting the layers of the heliosphere. Credits: NASA/IBEX/Adler Planetarium. Out at the boundary of our solar s...Read More

Astronomy Moons Saturn

Saturn surpasses Jupiter after the discovery of 20 new moons

by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, octubre 09, 2019

This is an artist's conception of the 20 newly discovered moons orbiting Saturn. These discoveries bring the planet's total moon ...Read More

ALMA Astronomy Barnard 59 dark nebula ESO Pipe Nebula Radio Astronomy Stars

Like a cosmic pretzel, ALMA observes two young twin stars

by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, octubre 09, 2019

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) captured this unprecedented image of two circumstellar disks, in which baby stars ...Read More

Astronomy Cosmology Dark Matter

New 'fuzzy' dark matter research disrupts conventional thinking

by José Joaquin Galánmartes, octubre 08, 2019

Simulations of how galaxies form in cold, warm and fuzzy (left to right) dark matter scenarios. Credit: Universities of Princeton, Sussex...Read More

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Unravelling the origin and chemical makeup of Titan's dunes

Comet 2I/Borisov, the new interstellar visitor observed by Hubble

Cascades of gas around young star indicate early stages of planet formation

Going against the flow around a supermassive black hole

Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies

Study suggests ice on lunar south pole may have more than one source

The Milky Way kidnapped several tiny galaxies from its neighbour

Liquifying a rocky exoplanet

How do some neutron stars become the strongest magnets in the Universe?

Pressure runs high at edge of solar system

Saturn surpasses Jupiter after the discovery of 20 new moons

Like a cosmic pretzel, ALMA observes two young twin stars

New 'fuzzy' dark matter research disrupts conventional thinking

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