Tag: Astrophysics
Earth-size stars and alien oceans – an astronomer explains the case...
Juliette Becker, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Sun will someday die. This will happen when it runs out of hydrogen...
The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as...
Luke Keller, Ithaca College
For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like....
Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light’s ability to travel...
Jarred Roberts, University of California, San Diego
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard,...
Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where −...
David Garofalo, Kennesaw State University
One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar –...
Exploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation − if...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
Stars like the Sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1%...
A subtle symphony of ripples in spacetime – astronomers use dead...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
An international team of astronomers has detected a faint signal of gravitational waves reverberating...
Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet – an astrophysicist...
Morgan MacLeod, Harvard University
For the first time, astronomers have captured images that show a star consuming one of...
Unusual, long-lasting gamma-ray burst challenges theories about these powerful cosmic explosions...
Eleonora Troja, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Simone Dichiara, Penn State
The Research Brief is a short take...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
