By reading the chemical “fingerprints” of a distant galaxy, astronomers reconstructed its 12-billion-year evolution. This new ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic ...

Spread the loveA remarkable breakthrough in exoplanet research has been achieved by astronomers who discovered a Saturn-mass exoplanet orbiting a binary system composed of two low-mass stars. This ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

In a distant part of our cosmos, an intriguing new world exists. This newly discovered exoplanet, identified as L 98-59 d, ...

Atomic-level simulations and electrochemical experiments reveal how charge centers called polarons form on semiconductor ...

A new three-volume study explores how quantum physics, gravitation and cosmology may be understood within a unified ...

The birth of massive stars involves gravity, turbulence, and stellar feedback, all of which influence the flow of matter.

Global detections of oxychlorine salts reveal a complex, 4-billion-year chemical cycle on Mars. They can act as de-icing agents, oxidants, a hazard and a vital resource for future human exploration.