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Mysterious 'Blue Blobs' Reveal a New Kind of Star System

The stellar structures are thought to be created when galaxies collide with hot gas in a process that could be likened to doing a belly flop in a swimming pool.

UW-Developed, Cloud-Based Astrodynamics Platform to Discover and Track Asteroids

A novel algorithm developed by University of Washington researchers to discover asteroids in the solar system has proved its mettle.

Earth’s Magnetic Poles Not Likely to Flip: Study

The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal.

Detailed Analysis of Old Star Provides Template for Heavy Element Formation

The fusion furnaces that are the universe’s stars create the elements from helium up to iron.

Hubble Reaches New Milestone in Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has calibrated more than 40 'milepost markers' of space and time to help scientists precisely measure the expansion rate of the universe -- a quest with a plot twist.

The First Cherenkov Telescopes in the Czech Republic to Observe the Crab Nebula

Two new high-energy gamma-ray Cherenkov telescopes are now observing the skies from the observatory of the Astronomical Institute of the CAS in Ondřejov, Czech Republic.

Buildup of Solar Heat Likely Contributes to Mars’ Dust Storms, Researchers Find

Traces of Long-Ago Climate Change Could Foretell Earth’s Own Climate Troubles

Ghostly 'Mirror World' Might Be Cause of Cosmic Controversy

New research suggests an unseen 'mirror world' of particles that interacts with our world only via gravity that might be the key to solving a major puzzle in cosmology today

View Total Lunar Eclipse of ‘Flower Moon’ on May 15

Rooftop astronomers to provide close-up view of moon entering Earth’s shadow

Snapping a Cosmic Selfie — the First Image of the Milky Way’s Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, an international collaboration aimed at gathering direct images of black holes, has now set its sights close to home.

New Study Indicates Limited Water Circulation Late in the History of Mars

A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has investigated a meteorite from Mars using neutron and X-ray tomography.

Two Nasa Astronauts to Speak at UC Santa Cruz on May 26

NASA astronauts Michael S. Hopkins (Colonel, U.S. Space Force) and Victor J. Glover, Jr. (Captain, U.S. Navy) will visit UC Santa Cruz in May for a series of events with students, including a public talk.

Images of Black Hole in Milky Way Achieved – Heino Falcke Will Give a Lecture at the Kumpula Campus on 30th May

Professor Falcke will tell about the latest findings of the Event Horizon telescope, as well as the scientific impact of the new images of the black hole.

Experiments Measure Freezing Point of Extraterrestrial Oceans to Aid Search for Life

Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley have conducted experiments that measured the physical limits for the existence of liquid water in icy extraterrestrial worlds.

Astronomers Discover a Rare ’Black Widow’ Binary, with the Shortest Orbit Yet

The flashing of a nearby star drew the attention of a team of astronomers, who discovered that it is part of a rare and mysterious system.

Scientists Find Elusive Gas from Post-Starburst Galaxies Hiding in Plain Sight

Scientists once thought that post-starburst galaxies scattered all of their gas and dust — the fuel required for creating new stars

A Multinational Doctoral Programme Investigates Solar Activity

Professor Emilia Kilpua heads a multinational network project in heliophysics, which educates doctoral researchers in the field.

Mars May Have Less Water Than Previously Estimated

Researchers from the Oden Institute and Jackson School of Geosciences have developed an improved model for planet-wide groundwater flow prediction on Mars that is not only more accurate but, according to its author, more elegant too.

New Type of Stellar Explosion Called Micronovae Discovered

Our astronomers have led on the discovery of a new kind of stellar explosion that could be commonplace in the universe.