AvatarMartinDark Matter Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way space.com - Ben Turner A mysterious wake of stars, stirred up by a small galaxy that is set to collide with the Milky Way, could be about to unlock the mysteries of dark …
AvatarMartinDark Energy Supernovae twins open up new possibilities for precision cosmology phys.org - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Cosmologists have found a way to double the accuracy of measuring distances to supernova explosions—one of their tried-and-true tools for studying …
AvatarMartinBlack Holes 'Spaghettified' star wrapped around a black hole spotted for the first time space.com - Tereza Pultarova Filaments of material wrapped around a supermassive black hole have been spotted for the first time suggesting a star trapped by the black hole's …
AvatarMartinEarth Science The Mystery of White Dwarfs With Intense Magnetic Fields Could Finally Be Solved verified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle Starr There's a lot we don't understand about white dwarf stars, but one mystery may finally have a solution: how do some of these cosmic objects end up …
AvatarMartinSpacecraft NASA solar probe grazes a Venus mystery on its slingshot to the Sun slashgear.com - Chris Davies NASA’s Parker Solar Probe may be focused on the Sun, but that doesn’t mean the space agency’s scientists are going to give up on an opportunity to …
AvatarMartinScience We finally know exactly how long a day on Venus lasts verified_publisherDigital Trends - By Georgina Torbet As Venus is right next door to Earth, you might assume that we know all about our neighbor in the solar system. But in fact, there’s much we don’t …
AvatarMartinGalaxies There Could Be 14 Antimatter Objects Lurking Out There in The Milky Way verified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle Starr In a map of the gamma-ray sky - the highest energy electromagnetic radiation streaming through our Universe - 14 objects could be hiding a big secret. …
AvatarMartinBiology A "strange, giant" galaxy is breaking all the rules massivesci.com - Margaux Lopez Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Submit your own Lab Note Share an interesting science story or tell a short one of your own For lab-grown meat to …
AvatarMartinNebulas A star that lived, then died, then lived again, then died for real verified_publisherSYFY WIRE - Phil Plait Abell 78 is a lovely planetary nebula about 4,500 light years from Earth. Like all of its kind, it was formed when a star similar to the Sun started …
AvatarMartinNeutrons Neutron stars may be bigger than expected, measurement of lead nucleus suggests sciencemag.org - Adrian Cho Say what you want about lead, it’s got a surprisingly thick skin—of neutrons, that is. In fact, the layer of neutrons on the outside of a lead …
AvatarMartinMagnetism It rains on the Sun, and as if that isn’t bizarre enough, there’s a new type of solar rain verified_publisherSYFY WIRE - Elizabeth Rayne It rains everywhere in space. Precipitation on Earth may be water, but liquid methane and nitrogen fall on Mars, while other bodies have rainfalls of …
