Space

Half Of Earth’s Zinc Came From Outer Solar System Asteroids

Half Of Earth’s Zinc Came From Outer Solar System Asteroids

Previously, scientists believed that the majority of Earth's volatiles came from asteroids that formed closer to the Earth. The findings provide important insights into how Earth came to have the unique conditions required for life to thrive.
Nine New Millisecond Pulsars Discovered By MeerKAT

Nine New Millisecond Pulsars Discovered By MeerKAT

Researchers using MeerKAT have found nine millisecond pulsars, the majority of them in uncommon and occasionally unusual binary systems.
Two Earth-sized Exoplanets Found Orbiting Red Dwarf GJ 1002

Two Earth-sized Exoplanets Found Orbiting Red Dwarf GJ 1002

Two planets with Earth-like masses have been found in orbit around the red dwarf star GJ 1002, which is close to our solar system, by an international team of scientists led by IAC researchers.
Peekaboo Galaxy HIPASS J1131–31 Is Extremely Metal-poor

Peekaboo Galaxy HIPASS J1131–31 Is Extremely Metal-poor

The tiny galaxy HIPASS J1131-31 has been dubbed the Peekaboo Galaxy because it emerged in the last 50-100 years from behind a fast-moving star that was obscuring astronomers' ability to detect it
Class 0 Protostars Eat Surrounding Material At A Fierce Pace

Class 0 Protostars Eat Surrounding Material At A Fierce Pace

Newborn class 0 Protostars feed at a furious rate and grow through surprisingly frequent feeding frenzies, a recent analysis of data from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows
Mars Planum Boreum 3D Radar Image From Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars Planum Boreum 3D Radar Image From Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The interior of Planum Boreum, Martian north polar cap, can now be seen in much greater detail thanks to a newly enhanced 3D radar image. The 3D radargram image was produced using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument.
Leo I* Supermassive Black Hole Search Method Proposed

Leo I* Supermassive Black Hole Search Method Proposed

Astrophysicists have proposed a method for observing Leo 1* - which could be the second-closest supermassive black hole to Earth, 3 million times the mass of the Sun hosted by the dwarf galaxy Leo I.
IXPE Assists In Cracking Blazar Markarian 501 Jet Puzzle

IXPE Assists In Cracking Blazar Markarian 501 Jet Puzzle

A blazar like blazar Markarian 501 is bright because one of its strong jets of fast particles is directed directly at Earth. How the particles in these jets become accelerated to such high energies has long been a mystery to scientists.
Exoplanet WASP-39 b Gets Detailed Look From JWST

Exoplanet WASP-39 b Gets Detailed Look From JWST

The James Webb Telescope's array of highly sensitive instruments zeroed in on the atmosphere of WASP-39 b, a "hot Saturn" — a planet roughly the size of Saturn orbiting a star 700 light-years away