NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has uncovered hidden order in space turbulence, a finding that could help scientists understand ...

Ein hoch­auf­lösen­des 3D-Modell deckt auf, wie Schat­ten in inter­stel­la­ren Nebeln che­mi­sche Pro­zes­se ver­än­dern und ...

Building the Nobel-prizewinning neutrino experiment was a big risk. To continue its success, scientists — and funders — need to stay bold.

Detecting planets outside of our Solar System mostly relies on measuring minute changes in the light of distant stars. If this were akin to finding a needle in a haystack, astronomers would delight.

Planets are often found orbiting a star or a group of multiple stars. However, planets have also been observed to drift independently without a known accompanying star system. These celestial objects, ...

The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists led by the University of Bern and members of the National ...

Can you imagine going back in time to visit a lost loved one? This heartwrenching desire is what propelled astrophysicist Professor Ron Mallett on a lifelong quest to build a time machine. After years ...

Time travel has been one of the biggest tropes in science fiction for years. But what if you could actually go back in time and visit a loved one before their death? There's, obviously, a lot we don't ...

Scientists have revealed why some white dwarfs mysteriously stop cooling—changing ideas on just how old stars really are and what happens to them when they die. Today, new research published in Nature ...

Neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes have been observed in electromagnetic events (pulsars, x-ray binaries, and isolated black holes), as well as with certain gravitational-wave events. The gray ...

EsoReflex is an environment that provides an easy and flexible way to reduce VLT/VLTI science data using the ESO pipelines. Its top-level functionalities are: EsoReflex is based on the concept of a ...

How do you flatten a sphere? For centuries, mapmakers have agonized over how to accurately display our round planet on anything other than a globe. Their new map is two-sided and round, like a DVD or ...