1+ day, 21+ min ago  (727+ words) Planets located within gas and dust disks are very difficult to detect. However, scientists have discovered a pattern that allows them to estimate the planets" masses. They tested this hypothesis on several known systems. Gas-dust rings. Source: phys. org Exoplanetary…...

22+ hour, 53+ min ago  (420+ words) Physicists have found a way to weigh entire galaxies by using pulsars as ultra-precise gravity detectors. The new method allows them to measure mass based on the galaxies" gravitational influence'that is, without directly observing the stars within them. Pulsars form…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (247+ words) Astronomers have put forward three working hypotheses: The duration of the phenomenon proved to be the decisive clue. In microlensing, there is a clear rule: the smaller the mass of the "lens," the faster it crosses our line of sight…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (369+ words) The space game Lunar Strike from Cognition Studios offers an unconventional look at humanity's future among the stars. Instead of intergalactic adventures and encounters with aliens, players find themselves on an abandoned lunar base, where daily survival takes precedence over…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (455+ words) Scientists have discovered that the most common class of planets in the Galaxy appears to have a structure quite different from that of Earth. Instead of the familiar layers consisting of a metallic core and a rocky mantle, their interiors…...

4+ day, 29+ min ago  (999+ words) The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the Crystal Ball Nebula (NGC 1514). Thanks to the telescope's infrared spectroscopy, features of this nebula have been discovered that astronomers had not even suspected existed before. Planetary nebulae, such…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (202+ words) The power source aboard the Voyager probes " the spacecraft furthest from Earth " is gradually depleting...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (386+ words) Earth's hurricanes and tornadoes generate invisible waves that travel through the atmosphere and reach near-Earth space. NASA confirmed this using an instrument aboard the International Space Station. The mission concluded on May 21, 2026, after more than two years of observations. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (203+ words) A planet about the size of Saturn, but with temperatures more similar to Earth's, has an atmosphere rich in methane....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (399+ words) A new study shows that planets with dense, hot atmospheres composed of carbon dioxide are likely to form more easily than cooler ones with higher oxygen content. Perhaps a planet like Venus, which resembles hell, is more typical of our…...