Astrophysics News -- ScienceDaily //www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/astrophysics/ Astrophysics and space science. From microquasars to dark matter, read all the latest astrophysics news and research here. Full text with images, updated daily, free. en-us Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:49:49 EDT Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:49:49 EDT 60 Astrophysics News -- ScienceDaily //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/astrophysics/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths'-worth of star every time it passes //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230907130334.htm Massive burst of X-rays detected by astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth burning up in a black hole. They observed a star like our own Sun being eaten away every time it orbits close. First time a Sun-like star being repeatedly disrupted by a low mass black hole has been seen, opening the possibility of a range of star and black hole combinations to be discovered. 星期四,2023年9月07日13:03:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230907130334.htm New cosmological constraints on the nature of dark matter //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230907105909.htm New research has revealed the distribution of dark matter in never before seen detail, down to a scale of 30,000 light-years. The observed distribution fluctuations provide better constraints on the nature of dark matter. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:59:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230907105909.htm Furthest ever detection of a galaxy's magnetic field //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230906112346.htm Astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us: we see it as it was when the Universe was just 2.5 billion years old. The result provides astronomers with vital clues about how the magnetic fields of galaxies like our own Milky Way came to be. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:23:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230906112346.htm Vast bubble of galaxies discovered, given Hawaiian name //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905202510.htm The immense bubble is 820 million light years from Earth and believed to be a fossil-like remnant of the birth of the universe. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:25:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905202510.htm Webb reveals new structures within iconic supernova //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831142845.htm NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has begun the study of one of the most renowned supernovae, SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). Located 168,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, SN 1987A has been a target of intense observations at wavelengths ranging from gamma rays to radio for nearly 40 years, since its discovery in February of 1987. New observations by Webb's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) provide a crucial clue to our understanding of how a supernova develops over time to shape its remnant. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:28:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831142845.htm Unprecedented gamma-ray burst explained by long-lived jet //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831121659.htm While astrophysicists previously believed that only supernovae could generate long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), a 2021 observation uncovered evidence that compact-object mergers also can generate the phenomenon. Now, a new simulation confirms and explains this finding. If the accretion disk around the black hole is massive, it launches a jet that lasts several seconds, matching the description of a long GRB from a merger. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:16:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831121659.htm Telescopes help unravel pulsar puzzle //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131732.htm With a remarkable observational campaign that involved 12 telescopes both on the ground and in space, including three European Southern Observatory (ESO) facilities, astronomers have uncovered the strange behavior of a pulsar, a super-fast-spinning dead star. This mysterious object is known to switch between two brightness modes almost constantly, something that until now has been an enigma. But astronomers have now found that sudden ejections of matter from the pulsar over very short periods are responsible for the peculiar switches. Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:17:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131732.htm Mysterious Neptune dark spot detected from Earth for the first time //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230824111928.htm Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot on the planet has ever been observed with a telescope on Earth. These occasional features in the blue background of Neptune's atmosphere are a mystery to astronomers, and the new results provide further clues as to their nature and origin. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:19:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230824111928.htm Rewriting the past and future of the universe //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230821114341.htm New research has improved the accuracy of the parameters governing the expansion of the Universe. More accurate parameters will help astronomers determine how the Universe grew to its current state, and how it will evolve in the future. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:43:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230821114341.htm New type of star gives clues to mysterious origin of magnetars //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230817163841.htm Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields can be found all over our galaxy but astronomers don't know exactly how they form. Now, using multiple telescopes around the world, researchers have uncovered a living star that is likely to become a magnetar. This finding marks the discovery of a new type of astronomical object -- massive magnetic helium stars -- and sheds light on the origin of magnetars. Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:38:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230817163841.htm Using supernovae to study neutrinos' strange properties //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230815151134.htm In a new study, researchers have taken an important step toward understanding how exploding stars can help reveal how neutrinos, mysterious subatomic particles, secretly interact with themselves. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:11:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230815151134.htm Webb reveals colors of Earendel, most distant star ever detected //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130728.htm NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has followed up on observations by the Hubble Space Telescope of the farthest star ever detected in the very distant universe, within the first billion years after the big bang. Webb's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument reveals the star to be a massive B-type star more than twice as hot as our Sun, and about a million times more luminous. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:07:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130728.htm Scientists discover the highest-energy light coming from the sun //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803213824.htm New research details the discovery of the highest-energy light ever observed from the sun. The international team behind the discovery also found that this type of light, known as gamma rays, is surprisingly bright. That is, there's more of it than scientists had previously anticipated. 星期四,2023年8月3日21:38:24美国东部时间 //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803213824.htm James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of the Ring Nebula //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803141714.htm NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 14:17:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803141714.htm Gravitational arcs in 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230802132033.htm A new image of the galaxy cluster known as 'El Gordo' is revealing distant and dusty objects never seen before, and providing a bounty of fresh science. The infrared image displays a variety of unusual, distorted background galaxies that were only hinted at in previous Hubble Space Telescope images. Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:20:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230802132033.htm New clues on the source of the universe's magnetic fields //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731122305.htm Researchers offer insight into the source of cosmic magnetic fields. The research team used models to show that magnetic fields may spontaneously arise in turbulent plasma. Their simulations showed that, in addition to generating new magnetic fields, the turbulence of those plasmas can also amplify magnetic fields once they've been generated, which helps explain how magnetic fields that originate on small scales can sometimes eventually reach to stretch across vast distances. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:23:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731122305.htm Astronomers shed new light on formation of mysterious fast radio bursts //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230728170617.htm International team reports on a radio pulsar phase of a Galactic magnetar that emitted a fast radio burst in 2020; observations suggest unique origins for 'bursts' and 'pulses,' which adds to FRB formation theory. Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:06:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230728170617.htm Hubble sees evaporating planet getting the hiccups //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727144140.htm A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit. It is so close to its parent star that it experiences a consistent, torrential blast of energy, which evaporates its hydrogen atmosphere -- causing it to puff off the planet. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:41:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727144140.htm Webb snaps highly detailed infrared image of actively forming stars //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171337.htm Young stars are rambunctious! NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the 'antics' of a pair of actively forming young stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. To find them, trace the bright pink and red diffraction spikes until you hit the center: The stars are within the orange-white splotch. They are buried deeply in a disk of gas and dust that feeds their growth as they continue to gain mass. The disk is not visible, but its shadow can be seen in the two dark, conical regions surrounding the central stars. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:13:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171337.htm New planetary formation findings //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171252.htm Astronomers have discovered new evidence of how planets as massive as Jupiter can form. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:12:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171252.htm Astronomers reveal new features of galactic black holes //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171243.htm An international team of scientists, including astrophysicists, report on a dedicated observational campaign on the Galactic microquasar dubbed GRS 1915+105. The team revealed features of a microquasar system that have never before been seen. Using the massive Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in China, astronomers discovered a quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) signal in the radio band for the first time from any microquasar systems. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:12:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171243.htm Dark energy camera captures galaxies in lopsided tug of war, a prelude to merger //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113043.htm The spiral galaxy NGC 1532, also known as Haley's Coronet, is caught in a lopsided tug of war with its smaller neighbor, the dwarf galaxy NGC 1531. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:30:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113043.htm Galaxy J1135 reveals its water map //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230720124717.htm Researchers look at water in galaxies, its distribution and in particular its changes of state from ice to vapor, as important markers indicating areas of increased energy, in which black holes and stars are formed. A new study has now revealed the distribution of water within the J1135 galaxy, which is 12 billion light years away and formed when the Universe was a 'teenager', 1.8 billion years after the Big Bang . This water map, with unprecedented resolution, is the first ever to be obtained for such a remote galaxy. The map can help scientists to understand the physical processes taking place within J1135 and shed light on the dynamics, still partially unclear, surrounding the formation of stars, black holes and galaxies themselves. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:47:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230720124717.htm The puzzle of the galaxy with no dark matter //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230719112630.htm New research has found the first evidence of a massive galaxy with no dark matter. The result is a challenge to the current standard model of cosmology. Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:26:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230719112630.htm Unusual white dwarf star is made of hydrogen on one side and helium on the other //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230719112553.htm In a first for white dwarfs, the burnt-out cores of dead stars, astronomers have discovered that at least one member of this cosmic family is two faced. One side of the white dwarf is composed of hydrogen, while the other is made up of helium. Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:25:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230719112553.htm 维拉揭示环境的快速增长的黑色holes //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718225649.htm Astronomers used the state-of-the-art capability of VERA, a Japanese network of radio telescopes, to uncover valuable clues about how rapidly growing 'young' supermassive black holes form, grow, and possibly evolve into more powerful quasars. Tue, 18 Jul 2023 22:56:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718225649.htm Astronomers discover striking evidence of 'unusual' stellar evolution //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717180004.htm Astronomers have found evidence that some stars boast unexpectedly strong surface magnetic fields, a discovery that challenges current models of how they evolve. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:00:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717180004.htm Giant swirling waves at edge of Jupiter's magnetosphere //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717143208.htm A team has found that NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter frequently encounters giant swirling waves at the boundary between the solar wind and Jupiter's magnetosphere. The waves are an important process for transferring energy and mass from the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun, to planetary space environments. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:32:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717143208.htm 等电话的时候,我们可以确定我们不是spoofed? //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717115851.htm In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, alien radio signals would be swamped by interference from radio sources on Earth. To confirm, researchers point away from the source and then back. If it's still there, it may be interesting. Researchers have come up with a new method that looks for evidence the signal has passed through the interstellar medium. The technique will boost confidence in any candidate signal discovered in the future. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:58:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717115851.htm Hubble views a galactic monster //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114758.htm The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a monster in the making in this observation of the exceptional galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329, which lies about eight billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. This collection of at least two galaxy clusters is in the process of merging together to create a cosmic monster, a single gargantuan cluster acting as a gravitational lens. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:47:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114758.htm Stellar cradles and graves seen in farthest galaxy ever //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114749.htm New observations have distinguished the sites of star formation and a possible site of star death from the surrounding nebula in a galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away. This is the farthest that such structures have been observed. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:47:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114749.htm Astronomers identify the coldest star yet that emits radio waves //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713192849.htm Brown dwarf stars rarely emit radio waves. Here scientists have found the coldest star yet emitting at these long wave lengths. Understanding the science of 'ultracool brown dwarfs' will help deepen our knowledge of how stars evolve. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:28:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713192849.htm James Webb Telescope catches glimpse of possible first-ever 'dark stars' //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713192847.htm Three bright objects initially identified as galaxies in observations from the James Webb Space Telescope might actually represent an exotic new form of star. If confirmed, the discovery would also shed light on the nature of dark matter. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:28:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713192847.htm Rare, double-lobe nebula resembles overflowing cosmic 'jug' //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713142116.htm A billowing pair of nearly symmetrical loops of dust and gas mark the death throes of an ancient red-giant star. The resulting structure, said to resemble an old style of English jug, is a rarely seen bipolar reflection nebula. Evidence suggests that this object formed by the interactions between the dying red giant and a now-shredded companion star. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:21:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713142116.htm When the stars align: Astronomers find answers to mysterious action of ghost stars in our Galaxy //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713142104.htm Scientists have found a source for the mysterious alignment of stars near the Galactic Center. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:21:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713142104.htm Search for dark matter //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713142034.htm Scientists have applied a promising new method to search for dark matter particles in a particle accelerator. The method is based on the observation of the spin polarization of a particle beam in a storage ring COSY. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:20:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713142034.htm Webb celebrates first year of science with close-up on birth of sun-like stars //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712124750.htm From our cosmic backyard in the solar system to distant galaxies near the dawn of time, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered on its promise of revealing the universe like never before in its first year of science operations. To celebrate the completion of a successful first year, NASA has released Webb's image of a small star-forming region in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:47:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712124750.htm Reinventing cosmology: New research puts age of universe at 26.7 -- not 13.7 -- billion years //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133118.htm Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called 'impossible early galaxy problem.' Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:31:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133118.htm Record-breaking team of citizen scientists contribute data on pinwheel galaxy supernova //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133116.htm 公民科学家已经创造了一个新的纪录ETI Institute and Unistellar, comprising the highest number of observers providing data on a single event. Amateur astronomers conducted a groundbreaking observation of supernova (SN) 2023ixf. The observations, which began just one hour after the supernova's first known appearance, have generated the longest continuous light curve of this supernova gathered by citizen scientists. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:31:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133116.htm Webb Telescope detects most distant active supermassive black hole //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124536.htm Researchers have discovered the most distant active supermassive black hole to date with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The galaxy, CEERS 1019, existed about 570 million years after the big bang, and its black hole is less massive than any other yet identified in the early universe. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:45:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124536.htm Webb locates dust reservoirs in two supernovae //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705143005.htm Researchers have made major strides in confirming the source of dust in early galaxies. Observations of two Type II supernovae, Supernova 2004et (SN 2004et) and Supernova 2017eaw (SN 2017eaw), have revealed large amounts of dust within the ejecta of each of these objects. The mass found by researchers supports the theory that supernovae played a key role in supplying dust to the early universe. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:30:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705143005.htm Quasar 'clocks' show Universe was five times slower soon after the Big Bang //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230703133103.htm Quasars are the supermassive black holes at the centres of early galaxies. Scientists have unlocked their secrets to use them as 'clocks' to measure time near the beginning of the universe. Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:31:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230703133103.htm New image from James Webb Space Telescope reveals astonishing Saturn and its rings //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230701135758.htm Saturn's iconic rings seem to glow eerily in this incredible infrared picture, which also unveils unexpected features in Saturn's atmosphere. This image serves as context for an observing program that will test the telescope's capacity to detect faint moons around the planet and its bright rings. Any newly discovered moons could help scientists put together a more complete picture of the current system of Saturn, as well as its past. Sat, 01 Jul 2023 13:57:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230701135758.htm Astrophysicists propose a new way of measuring cosmic expansion: Lensed gravitational waves //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230701135624.htm The universe is expanding; we've had evidence of that for about a century. But just how quickly celestial objects are receding from each other is still up for debate. Sat, 01 Jul 2023 13:56:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230701135624.htm First 'ghost particle' image of Milky Way //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629193240.htm 科学家们已经发现一个独特不同的图像放大e of our galaxy by determining the galactic origin of thousands of neutrinos -- invisible 'ghost particles' which exist in great quantities but normally pass straight through Earth undetected. The neutrino-based image of the Milky Way is the first of its kind: a galactic portrait made with particles of matter rather than electromagnetic energy. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:32:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629193240.htm Earliest strands of the cosmic web //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629173611.htm Galaxies are not scattered randomly across the universe. They gather together not only into clusters, but into vast interconnected filamentary structures with gigantic barren voids in between. This 'cosmic web' started out tenuous and became more distinct over time as gravity drew matter together. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:36:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629173611.htm Unveiling the origins of merging black holes in galaxies like our own //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629125715.htm Black holes, some of the most captivating entities in the cosmos, possess an immense gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape. The groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves in 2015, caused by the coalescence of two black holes, opened a new window into the universe. Since then, dozens of such observations have sparked the quest among astrophysicists to understand their astrophysical origins. Thanks to the POSYDON code's recent major advancements in simulating binary-star populations, a team of scientists predicted the existence of merging massive, 30 solar mass black hole binaries in Milky Way-like galaxies, challenging previous theories. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:57:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629125715.htm Gravitational waves from colossal black holes found using 'cosmic clocks' //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629125650.htm You can't see or feel it, but everything around you -- including your own body -- is slowly shrinking and expanding. It's the weird, spacetime-warping effect of gravitational waves passing through our galaxy. New results are the first evidence of the gravitational wave background -- a sort of soup of spacetime distortions pervading the entire universe and long predicted to exist by scientists. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:56:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629125650.htm Starlight and the first black holes: researchers detect the host galaxies of quasars in the early universe //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628125125.htm For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed starlight from two massive galaxies hosting actively growing black holes -- quasars -- seen less than a billion years after the Big Bang. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:51:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628125125.htm A surprise chemical find by ALMA may help detect and confirm protoplanets //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225241.htm Scientists studying the protoplanetary disk around a young star have discovered the most compelling chemical evidence to date of the formation of protoplanets. The discovery will provide astronomers with an alternate method for detecting and characterizing protoplanets when direct observations or imaging are not possible. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:52:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225241.htm First detection of crucial carbon molecule //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164214.htm Scientists detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time. Known as methyl cation (pronounced cat-eye-on) (CH3+), the molecule is important because it aids the formation of more complex carbon-based molecules. Methyl cation was detected in a young star system, with a protoplanetary disk, known as d203-506, which is located about 1,350 light-years away in the Orion Nebula. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:42:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164214.htm Einstein and Euler put to the test at the edge of the Universe //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120924.htm The cosmos is a unique laboratory for testing the laws of physics, in particular those of Euler and Einstein. Euler described the movements of celestial objects, while Einstein described the way in which celestial objects distort the Universe. Since the discovery of dark matter and the acceleration of the Universe's expansion, the validity of their equations has been put to the test: are they capable of explaining these mysterious phenomena? A team has developed the first method to find out. It considers a never-before-used measure: time distortion. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:09:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120924.htm Never-before-seen way to annihilate a star //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120817.htm Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy a star. Unlike most GRBs, which are caused by exploding massive stars or the chance mergers of neutron stars, astronomers have concluded that this GRB came instead from the collision of stars or stellar remnants in the jam-packed environment surrounding a supermassive black hole at the core of an ancient galaxy. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:08:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120817.htm Researchers demystify the unusual origin of the Geminids meteor shower //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183212.htm Princeton researchers used observations from NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission to deduce that it was likely a violent, catastrophic event -- such as a high-speed collision with another body or a gaseous explosion -- that created the Geminids meteoroid stream. Mysteries surrounding the origin of the Geminids have long fascinated scientists because, while most meteor showers are created when a comet emits a tail of ice and dust, the Geminids stem from an asteroid -- a chunk of rock that normally does not produce a tail. Until now, this unusual meteoroid stream had only been studied from Earth. 星期四,2023年6月15日18:32:12美国东部时间 //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183212.htm Discovery of white dwarf pulsar sheds light on star evolution //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183207.htm The discovery of a rare type of white dwarf star system provides new understanding into stellar evolution. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:32:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183207.htm Astronomers discover new link between dark matter and clumpiness of the universe //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220651.htm Researchers reveal a theoretical breakthrough that may explain both the nature of invisible dark matter and the large-scale structure of the universe known as the cosmic web. The result establishes a new link between these two longstanding problems in astronomy, opening new possibilities for understanding the cosmos. The research suggests that the 'clumpiness problem,' which centres on the unexpectedly even distribution of matter on large scales throughout the cosmos, may be a sign that dark matter is composed of hypothetical, ultra-light particles called axions. The implications of proving the existence of hard-to-detect axions extend beyond understanding dark matter and could address fundamental questions about the nature of the universe itself. 结婚,2023年6月14日22:06:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220651.htm Sun's coldest region stores secret to heating million-degree corona //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220603.htm Researchers have unveiled the discovery of intense wave energy from a relatively cool, dark and strongly magnetized plasma region on the Sun, capable of traversing the solar atmosphere and maintaining temperatures of a million degrees Kelvin inside the corona. Researchers say the finding is the latest key to unraveling a host of related mysteries pertaining to Earth's nearest star. 结婚,2023年6月14日22:06:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220603.htm DESI early data release holds nearly two million objects //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613110102.htm The first batch of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to explore. Taken during the experiment's 'survey validation' phase, the data include distant galaxies and quasars as well as stars in our own Milky Way. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:01:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613110102.htm Flaring star could be down to young planet's disc inferno //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230612114702.htm New simulations offer new explanation for star's 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such planets that have since 'evaporated'. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:47:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230612114702.htm A new Tatooine-like multi-planetary system identified //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230612114651.htm An international team of astronomers has announced the second-ever discovery of a multiplanetary circumbinary system. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:46:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230612114651.htm