M67-1194: An Unusually Sun-like Solar Twin in Star Cluster M67 About 12 years ago, astronomers identified a star that is remarkably similar to our Sun,...
Beyond Neptune’s orbit, approximately 4.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, lies a vast and mysterious region of our solar system teeming with celestial bodies known...
Astronomers have recently identified a new category of exploding stars, termed calcium-rich supernovae, which produce significant amounts of calcium and challenge the existing classifications of...
Dark Matter Used to Measure Age of Universe Astronomers have employed a novel technique using gravitational lensing to estimate the Hubble constant, a crucial...
The concept of a Star Trek-style tricorder for rapid disease detection is indeed becoming closer to reality, with several promising advancements in portable biomarker detection...
Origin of Earth’s Atmosphere Recent studies have challenged the long-held belief that Earth’s early atmosphere originated primarily from volcanic outgassing. Instead, evidence suggests that...
Written Sept 25, 2009: I spoke to Anthony Bragalia on the phone several months ago. Besides being personable, he is a truly formidable researcher. I...
NASA’s Kepler mission was a groundbreaking space telescope launched to search for potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system. Some key points: – Launched in...