progscrape: astronomy

Experts Met at MIT to Discuss How To Spot Dyson Spheres Around Black Holes

2 months ago sciencealert.com astronomy mit

Different moon rocks tell different tales about a long-ago bombardment

2 months ago sciencenews.org astronomy

First atmosphere found around Earth-like planet LHS 1140b

2 months ago bbc.com astronomy

Newly discovered point in sun's 11-year cycle could enable scientists to predict extreme space weather up to seven years in advance, giving more time to prepare for disruptions to GPS, satellites…

2 months ago ras.ac.uk astronomy

Helium escaping from atmosphere of nearby rocky exoplanet in a habitable zone

2 months ago science.org astronomy

Pluto has landslides

2 months ago sciencenews.org astronomy

A new planet in the beta pictoris system: After more than ten years of playing hide-and-seek, researchers have discovered one of the lightest planets ever directly imaged

2 months ago mpg.de astronomy

Oldest known Mars rock offers glimpse of planet’s watery youth

2 months ago science.org astronomy

Astronomers spot four white dwarfs hiding under our noses

2 months ago warwick.ac.uk astronomy

In a sweet discovery, astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between stars

2 months ago nbcnews.com astronomy

Astronomers Found a Hidden Swarm of Space Junk Threatening Earth’s Most Valuable Orbit

2 months ago gizmodo.com astronomy earth

Distant exoplanets may be hiding water beyond Webb Telescope's reach, study finds: « UChicago scientists offer new way to read atmospheric data on a vast class of 'sub-Neptune' worlds

2 months ago news.uchicago.edu astronomy

A particle detected at the South Pole was born in a galaxy that churned out stars when the Universe was young

2 months ago nature.com astronomy universe

Astronomers discover 31 of the earliest known quasars, offering a new look at the universe's first supermassive black holes

2 months ago news.umich.edu astronomy universe

Ultra-black coating that reflects only 2% of incoming light could make satellites faint enough to greatly reduce light pollution and protect astronomical observations of the night sky, bringing the satellites brightness close to the limit recommended by the IAU

2 months ago surrey.ac.uk astronomy

A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey rooftop in 2024 may have a similar composition to those that brought water and organic materials to early Earth

2 months ago sciencenews.org astronomy earth

Ars Astronomica – English translations of rare Hebrew and Latin astronomy texts

2 months ago arsastronomica.com

Spatially distributed complex organic matter detected in Mars crater

3 months ago science.org astronomy

Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: « Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam. »

3 months ago cbsnews.com astronomy

Interstellar comet may be oldest object seen in our solar system, scientists say

3 months ago theguardian.com astronomy

Famous ‘Pink Planet’ harbors a salty surprise: « James Webb Space Telescope finds salt clouds surround one of the coldest objects ever studied

3 months ago news.northwestern.edu astronomy

LOFAR reveals a new class of burst pairs linked to high-altitude magnetic reconnection

3 months ago skycr.org astronomy

NASA rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars

3 months ago theguardian.com astronomy mars nasa

ExoMars: A Stress Test for the Search for Life - The ESA Mars rover Rosalind Franklin is scheduled to analyze soil samples on Mars in 2030

3 months ago mpg.de astronomy

Astronomers Catch Black Holes “Burping” in Radio with the NSF VLA

3 months ago public.nrao.edu astronomy

LOFAR imaging spectroscopy reveals spike-like repeating radio burst pairs in the solar corona

3 months ago cesra.net astronomy

Astronomers have found evidence of a mild wind blowing from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

3 months ago sciencenews.org astronomy

Third time’s the charm for a row of faint galaxies without dark matter: « A Yale-led team of astronomers found a third galaxy devoid of dark matter — located alongside the other two in a formation that has never been seen before

3 months ago news.yale.edu astronomy

MeerKAT imaging spectroscopy reveals multiple electron acceleration sites in a solar flare