02 May 2018
Astronomers spot fastest stars in the galaxy with Gaia
... if these ejected stars are the rightful survivors of the explosion. For instance the survivor should be hydrogen-free, because its hydrogen layer will have been transferred to the primary dwarf prior to the explosion. Also, any...
16 May 2018
Astronomers find stars forming just 250 million years after Big Bang
... elements that were around in the Universe at that time; hydrogen and helium. Heavier elements such as carbon, oxygen and nitrogen..., the VLT also picked up a weaker signal of hydrogen emission which is consistent with the distance from the oxygen...
03 August 2018
Plate tectonics not needed for life, but UV light is
... which most biologists believe was the first molecule of life to carry information – springs from an usual source; hydrogen cyanide – a colourless, extremely poisonous and flammable acid that is used for fumigation, in the manufacture of plastics and...
03 September 2018
Water discovered in Jupiter's Great Red Spot suggests plenty more down below
... put together and 99 percent of its atmosphere is composed of hydrogen and helium. Not only that, but the gas giants many,... the sun, and combined with the gas giants abundant hydrogen content that permeates the atmosphere, then water should indeed ...
12 December 2018
OSIRIS-REx discovers ingredients for water on Bennu
... of molecule made up from an oxygen atom bonded to a hydrogen atom that together form OH. Although not quite the formula for water... (that requires an additional hydrogen atom), these hydroxyls are suspected to exist globally ...
04 December 2019
Giant planet found orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
... dense star that once used to a glowing ball of burning hydrogen and helium. The three inner rocky planets will most likely be... to be unlike any of the others; it had traces of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur – elements that are similar to those found...
