11 May 2016
Kepler scientists announce a major increase in confirmed exoplanet numbers
..., associate research scholar at Princeton University in New Jersey and lead author of the scientific paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, said “today, we are announcing the discovery of 1284 new planets in the Kepler mission. This is the...
30 August 2016
Is there anybody out there? SETI researchers look to explain mysterious signal
... in the constellation Sagittarius. RATAN-600 radio telescope. Credit: Special Astrophysical Laboratory at RAS. Nikolai Bursov of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Special Astrophysical Observatory considers HD 164595 a good candidate for further SETI...
25 November 2016
New search shows no link between gravitational waves and gamma-ray bursts
... – are, as the name suggests, transient flashes of gamma radiation, which makes them some of the most energetic astrophysical events observed in the electromagnetic spectrum. Scientists have long suspected a connection between the two I.e. short-GRBs...
06 January 2017
NASA selects three new missions to study the early solar system and energetic X-rays from black holes
...the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “NASA has a great history of launching observatories in the Astrophysics Explorers Program with new and unique observational capabilities. IXPE will open a new window on the universe...
15 June 2017
Black hole 'bath' confirms wave phenomena
...the obstacle they hit. Wave scattering phenomena occur in almost all sciences, and although superradiance from an astrophysical perspective has been analysed in many theoretical scenarios, it has yet to be observed. Now however, using a sophisticated...
08 September 2017
The solar systems most powerful auroras are still a mystery
...link in our knowledge to understanding how more distant astrophysical systems accelerate particles to such immense energies. “Jupiter ... we study at planets like Earth, and distant astrophysical systems where magnetic fields hold sway, such as early...
