RobSpace These 3 spinning brown dwarfs are the fastest 'failed stars' ever seen space.com - Kasandra Brabaw The fastest-spinning brown dwarfs ever found may point to a cosmic speed limit. Brown dwarfs, which are sometimes called "failed stars," are more …
RobScience Astronomers detect new frequencies from mysterious fast radio bursts verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Michael Irving The mystery of fast radio bursts (FRBs) from space may be a step closer to being solved. Astronomers studying a repeating signal from a nearby galaxy …
RobEarth Science Remnants of an ancient planet buried inside the Earth may be the cause of a weak spot in the magnetic field verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Aylin WoodwardEarth's suit of geomagnetic armor has a chink, and it's growing. A weak spot in our planet's magnetic field, located above the southern Atlantic Ocean, has been increasing in size over the last two centuries,...
RobGalaxies Astronomers detect a bright-blue bridge of stars, and it's about to blow space.com - Ben Turner Astrophysicists have found a new region of the Milky Way, and it's filled with searingly hot, bright-blue stars that are about to explode. The …
RobSpace Exploration UAE Moon rover taps Japanese startup aiming to be the SpaceX of lunar landings slashgear.com - Chris Davies A new Moon rover project is in the works, with the UAE partnering with Japanese robotics company ispace on the Emirates Lunar Mission. Unlike NASA’s …
RobBlack Holes Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particles mit.edu Ultralight bosons are hypothetical particles whose mass is predicted to be less than a billionth the mass of an electron. They interact relatively …
RobBlack Holes Astronomers Are Homing in on The Colossal Feeding Processes of Huge Black Holes verified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle Starr The more we study the Universe, the more it seems likely that each galaxy is orbiting a cosmic colossus - a supermassive black hole, powering the …
RobNASA 'Blown away': NASA astronaut awed by Crew Dragon time-lapse video verified_publisherCNET - Amanda Kooser Put yourself on board a SpaceX crew capsule and enjoy the view.
RobSpace Telescope Hubble Observation of Intermediate-Mass Black Hole esahubble.org - information@eso.org About the Image Release date: 31 March 2020, 19:00 Related releases: 1327 x 1327 px About the Object Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole …
RobPhysics 'Dark sirens' could solve one of the greatest mysteries in cosmology space.com - Adam Mann In recent years, cosmologists have been faced with a crisis: The universe is expanding, but no one can agree on how fast it's moving away from …
RobSpace These three planets spin so fast that they’re about to tear themselves apart verified_publisherDigital Trends - By Georgina Torbet A team of astronomers has identified three brown dwarfs which are spinning ten times as fast as a typical planet, making them the fastest ever …
RobCosmic An Extremely Powerful and Unexplained Energy Ray Tore Through Our Galaxy verified_publisherVICE - Becky FerreiraThe highly energetic gamma ray was more powerful than any particle accelerator on Earth, hinting at the existence of cosmic super-accelerators called PeVatrons. Something in the Milky Way is shooting unexplained...
RobTelescopes A Trio of Extreme Brown Dwarfs Found Spinning at Their Physical Limits verified_publisherGizmodo - George Dvorsky New research documents the fastest-spinning brown dwarfs on record. The objects are rotating so rapidly that, should they rotate any faster, they’d …
RobJellyfish Scientists Discover Huge and Mysterious Jellyfish-Shaped Structure In Space verified_publisherVICE - Becky FerreiraThe gigantic plasma structure, known as 'USS Jellyfish' is more than one million light years across and poses a series of bizarre questions to astronomers. The name “USS Jellyfish” may evoke visions of...
RobNebulas Trippy nebula captured in brilliant new Hubble image verified_publisherMashable - Kellen BeckAbout 2,000 light years from Earth are the brilliant remnants of the explosive death of a star, called a supernova. And NASA just released an incredibly detailed look at it. The Veil Nebula is a colorful,...
RobMoon The UAE's tiny lunar rover will face big challenges on the moon CNN - ByDubai (CNN) — Last month, the United Arab Emirates became the first country in the Arab world to put a spacecraft into orbit around Mars. But as it celebrates the achievement of its Hope probe, a group...
RobScience An ancient protoplanet may be buried beneath the Pacific Ocean Inverse - Passant Rabie The aftermath of an ancient collision between Earth and a smaller protoplanet may be hidden deep within our planet’s mantle, according to a new …
RobBlack Holes String theory solves mystery about how particles behave outside a black hole photon sphere phys.org - by Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe A paper by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) Director Ooguri Hirosi and Project Researcher Matthew …
RobScience A remnant of a protoplanet may be hiding inside Earth Live Science - Nicoletta Lanese A protoplanet slammed into the Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, knocking loose a chunk of rock that would later become the moon. Now, scientists …
RobRadiation Why we need to get better at predicting space weather The Conversation UK - Rami Qahwaji The Sun is the most important source of energy for sustaining life on Earth, but it gives us a lot more than just light and heat. It also gives us …
RobBlack Holes Astronomers discover an elusive 'Goldilocks' black hole dailymail.co.uk - Ryan Morrison A 'Goldilocks' black hole that is about 55,000 times the mass of the sun has been discovered by astronomers, who say it is 'not too big, and not too …
RobSpace Meet G117-B15A: the most stable optical clock in the Universe verified_publisherSYFY WIRE - Phil Plait Not too far away in galactic terms — 187 light years from us — is the remains of a dead star. It was once like the Sun, though perhaps six or so …
RobUniverse The mystery of how big our Universe really is verified_publisherBBC Future - Abigail BeallLet's start by saying the Universe is big. When we look in any direction, the furthest visible regions of the Universe are estimated to be around 46 billion light years away. That's a diameter of 540 (or...
RobUniverse Putting unfathomable astronomical distances into human perspective universal-sci.com - Universal-Sci Many of us tend to ponder about the universe when looking at the night sky on a beautiful evening. We all know the type of questions that emerge …
RobBlack Holes New Polarized Photo of Black Hole Is Wild View of the Beast - Nerdist Nerdist - Matthew Hart A team of astronomers at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which utilizes a global network of radio telescopes to scour the skies, has …
RobSpace Something Is Ripping Apart the Nearest Star Cluster to Earth verified_publisherfuturism.com An invisible force is tearing apart the closest star cluster to the Solar System — and astronomers are trying to figure out what it is, as Science …
RobUniverse The 1st few seconds of the Big Bang: What we know and what we don't space.com - Paul Sutter Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask a Spaceman and Space Radio, and author of How to Die in …
RobAustralasia Hidden boundaries of lost continent 'Zealandia' revealed in incredible detail Live Science - Stephanie Pappas The underwater continent broke off from Gondwana 80 million years ago. A new ocean-mapping expedition is drawing the boundaries of Zealandia, a …
RobEarth Science Was Earth once a water world? verified_publisherSYFY WIRE - Phil Plait Was the Earth's surface once inundated with water? Clever new research combining physical models with experiments adds to the growing evidence that …
