19 January 2016
Giant double-planet system around an evolved star detected by astronomers
... ageing stars that are of particular interest in terms of formation and evolution, as one day our Sun will evolve to be a red giant... however, it could simply be a product of stellar evolution, whereby mass-loss from the evolving central star disrupts...
21 March 2016
Using gravitational waves to search for Population III stars
... the first stars and to track the binary stellar evolution of the individual systems until these massive compact remnants merge... the chemical elements, to the overall formation and evolution of galaxies. However, scientists do not yet have ...
30 March 2016
Have astronomers found the signatures of the very first black holes formed through the collapse of gas clouds?
... to thus test and refine models of galaxy formation and evolution in the early Universe, lead author Fabio Pacucci of Scuola.... It is designed to focus on two critical epochs in cosmic evolution, “Cosmic Dawn", less than 1 billion years after the Big ...
22 June 2016
Does a subsurface ocean exist on Pluto?
Using a thermal evolution model for Pluto updated with data from NASA's New ... we were able to observe tectonic features on Pluto's surface, update our thermal evolution model with new data and infer that Pluto most likely has a subsurface ocean...
02 August 2016
Astronomers detect large void in the centre of our Galaxy
... movement and the chemical composition of the new Cepheids are helping us to better understand the formation and evolution of the Milky Way,” explains co-author Giuseppe Bono. As the structure of the inner Galaxy still remains to be revealed...
03 October 2016
Martian soil helps boost its atmosphere with noble gases
... Headquarters in Washington. "Discovering these interactions through time allows us to gain a greater understanding of planetary evolution." That evolution points to the notion that our martian neighbours atmosphere is more complex and interesting...
