06 May 2016
Accurate mass of supermassive black hole calculated by astronomers using ALMA
...the densest, coldest component of the disc, the close-in observations provided researchers with crucial information to help differentiate between the gravitational influence of the black hole on the gas surrounding it against the pull of gravity from...
15 September 2016
Scientists shed light on how our gas giants got their different rings
... looked at how much debris was left and what happened to it. The results show that for a big differentiated object (around the size of 1021 and 1023kg), that up to 10 per cent of the mass of the passing body...
21 December 2018
InSight deploys its first instrument on Mars
... Mars’ layered interior. Like on Earth, heavy elements on Mars have sunk to its centre in a process known as differentiation, resulting in a dense, metallic core region overlaid by less dense materials. Scientists will use marsquakes to deduce the...
04 February 2019
The Moon is a mini-Earth suggests new research
... Earth-Moon system,” Righter said. “By simulating the main processes contributing to the Moon’s formation and early differentiation, we were able to predict the level of each element that should be present in the Moon’s mantle.” Of the five...
27 September 2019
TESS sees its first rare star-shredding event
... so long, the information gathered on this cataclysmic process will improve astronomers' ability to identify future TDEs and differentiate them from other celestial events. "Future collaborations with observatories around the world and in orbit will...
03 July 2020
More metal on the Moon than previously thought, new study suggests
... case. However continued research into the Moon’s chemical composition is revealing a changing perspective. If Earth had fully differentiated into a core, mantle and crust before the impact, the Moon would be largely metal-poor. This...
