The first images of the environment around an energetic X-ray binary star could help expand our understanding of planet and star formation.
Space
Supermassive black holes on a collision course
45 years worth of radio telescope observations have identified a pair of supermassive black holes at the core of two galaxies set to merge.
Moon soil catalyzes reactions needed to sustain a lunar settlement
Using solar energy, water, and lunar soil, scientists were able to carry out reactions needed to sustain human life on the Moon.
Footprints of phase transitions in the early universe
Gravitational waves produced by the phase transitions of matter right after the Big Bang could provide new insights into particle physics.
Dwarf galaxy reveals new structure in the Local Void
Strange behaviour in an isolated galaxy leads to the discovery of matter in a region of space previously thought to be empty.
The true colors of stars
Stars are depicted using different colors, but are they accurate? A new scientific color palette aims to put misrepresentations to rest.
Largest known comet from Oort Cloud captured by Hubble
Astronomers capture images of a four billion-year-old relic that fell from the theorized Oort Cloud that encircles our Solar System.
Neptune’s unexpectedly cool summer
A compilation of data gathered over the last 20 years shows a surprising drop in global temperatures on Neptune.
Mysterious death of carbon star
Scientists have observed the mysterious death of a carbon-rich star, which was characterized by the mass ejection of matter into space.
String theory fuzzballs resolve famous black hole paradox
Scientists have turned to string theory to better understand black holes, proposing they can be modeled as “fuzzballs” made up of interacting strings.
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